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Map and List of Cities Hosting Events for Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22
Thousands of events are scheduled across the globe to celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. Here's a handful happening in ...
Trump tariffs caused a market meltdown. Could they sink the GOP’s political fortunes, too?
Senators including Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Thom Tillis are warning of political consequences if Trump's tariff gambit harms ...
Republicans in Gulf states push to embrace Gulf of America name
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Southern Republicans are pushing their states to formally embrace the name Gulf of America — the name ...
‘What Is Our Country Becoming?’ Four Columnists Map Out Where Trump Is Taking America.
​ Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with four Times Opinion columnists about how ...
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Make America a Commonwealth member? Trump would see himself as equal to the King
There are astonishing reports that the King might invite the US to become an associate member of the Commonwealth - but it is not up to the King or the UK government. Still, stranger things have ...
20 of the Strangest Maps Ever Created
Odd cartographic creations like ‘Fool’s Cap Map of the World,’ ‘Leo Belgicus,’ and ‘The Porcineograph’ make the classic ...
His business was named "Gulf of America Outfitters" 3 years before Trump's order. Now he says business is booming.
The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a symbol of the local community's connection to the environment.
Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial ‘kicked the oomph’ out of her
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified Monday at a defamation trial that an editorial about gun control in ...
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
What Flanagan understands is that the real story of America includes the story of slavery. He looked around at all the people ...
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to the return of Forts Bragg and Benning and the newly re-renamed Mount ...
EU Plans to Unveil Road Map in May to Phase Out Russian Fuel
The European Union is planning to outline steps to phase out Russian fossil fuels in early May, seeking to reconcile its ...
To ensure fair elections, look at the values that shape voting maps
When you're ill, medical professionals will run tests and make a diagnosis, gearing your medical treatment to what ails you. After all, heart attacks and bacterial infections can both kill—but testing ...