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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, like most federal officials, is legally required to retain records that he creates as part...

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The Roberts Court accelerated its assault on the freedoms guaranteed by the Reconstruction amendments this term, leaving only the Fourteenth...

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In June 1897, Great Britain, at the apex of empire, organized an elaborate pageant celebrating Queen Victoria’s 60 years on...

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