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Justices Seen Skeptical of Birthright Citizenship Limits by Daniel Bush, BBC
Maria Corina Machado Is 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner by Jon Haworth
Israel & Hamas Agree To Phase 1 by Christian Edwards
Hamas Says Agreement Have Been Reached by Edna Mohamed and Urooba Jamal
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee by Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole and Casey Gannon, CNN
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 by Brooks Barnes
China to Stage a Show of Force with Grand Military Parade attended by Putin and Kim Jong Un by Jennifer Jett and Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News
Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.

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Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…

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Robert F. Smith's speech at Morehouse College Morehouse Graduates’ Student Loans to Be Paid…

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Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.

December 30, 2017

Nov 18 - In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after…

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Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

November 15, 2017

Nov. 19 - In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a…

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Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….

February 08, 2016

Nov. 20 - In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war…

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Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…

February 08, 2016

Nov. 21 - n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make…

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Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…

February 08, 2016

Nov. 22 - In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in…

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Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

February 08, 2016

Nov. 24 - In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the…

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May 1 – In 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden…

December 07, 2015

May 1 - In 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of…

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May 2 – In 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin…

December 01, 2015

May 2 - In 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies…

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