This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: History channel
11-8-17
Recent polls have confirmed that Americans are feeling bitterly split.
Source: CNN
11-7-17
In the 18 years since Columbine rocked America to its core, the country has seen so many more mass shootings that the attack isn't even among the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
Source: National Security Archive
11-8-17
Even Dick Cheney rejected the military option in the Bush I administration since it could jeopardize diplomacy.
Source: Forward
11-7-17
Over the past two years, Nazis and other white supremacists have been going through a series of dramatic makeovers.
Source: The Daily Beast
11-7-17
The movie will be released in December.
Source: WSJ
11-8-17
Figure for U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001 reflects costs that aren’t in Pentagon calculations.
Source: Huffington Post
11-6-17
This November, we celebrate Native Americans by exploring the history of Native American Heritage Month, recognizing the changes this holiday endured, and highlighting six ways to celebrate.
Source: Newsweek
11-7-17
For almost a century, the revolutionary’s body has laid embalmed in a mausoleum on Moscow’s Red Square, splitting opinion from the outset.
Source: History channel
11-6-17
During the 1800s, the idea of a U.S. president making even one or two international visits—let alone over 50—was unheard of.
Source: NYT
11-6-17
The Princeton and Slavery Project, officially unveiled on Monday, stands out for the depth of its research.
Source: AP
11-4-17
A 1975 CIA memo says a thorough search of agency records in and outside the United States was conducted to determine whether Oswald had been used by the agency or connected with it in "any conceivable way." The memo said the search came up empty.
Source: NYT
11-2-17
After more than a decade and a half of planning and controversy, work began on the long-stalled, $150 million memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower with a groundbreaking at the four-acre site in Washington DC.
Source: NYT
11-4-17
A new book on the two Bushes provides a glance at their apprehension over Mr. Trump’s rise to power and what it means for the country.
Source: NYT
11-3-17
President Trump plans to meet with the family of one of at least 17 people abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and '80s.
Source: NYT
11-3-17
Taken in total, a new release of JFK files paint a picture of an American intelligence establishment fixated on the theory that the assassination was part of a larger Cuban or Soviet plot to destabilize and weaken the United States.
Source: Reuters
11-2-17
Trump would be on target if he were talking only about corporate taxes, but he has included other taxes in his boast.
Source: History channel
11-2-17
Despite its name, the lottery wasn’t originally intended to promote cultural and racial diversity in the U.S. Back when Congress introduced it in 1986, the goal was to ease immigration for Irish and Italian immigrants.
Source: History channel
11-2-17
Archaeologists, using a sophisticated imaging technique based on cosmic radiation, have discovered a huge, unidentified space deep inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, the massive ancient structure built on the outskirts of Cairo some 4,500 years ago.
Source: World Israel News
11-2-17
The Dutch branch of the Red Cross did “little or nothing” to help Jews during the Holocaust, research commissioned by the Red Cross found.
Source: Newsweek
11-2-17
According to the presidential historian Robert Dallek, no American leader has acted with more unadulterated self-interest as Trump.