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Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's desert and another near the Oregon border.

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President Joe Biden wants his legacy to be defined by his big legislative wins but his initial decision to run for reelection ...

A historian of the United States' empire discusses nuclear Greenland, selling Puerto Rico, and the renaissance of William ...