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Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going | Peter Beinhart Donald Trump

Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going | Peter Beinhart

To many observers, Donald Trump’s open bellicosity – his threats to attack Greenland and Iran, and his recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro – looks like an ideological reversal. “Donald Trump betrayed his MAGA base today launching a war of choice to bring regime change in Venezuela,” tweeted Democratic…
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January 25, 2026
National Park Service dismantles slavery exhibit in Philadelphia Slavery Abolition

National Park Service dismantles slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

The National Park Service has removed exhibits depicting slavery and George Washington's treatment of enslaved people at the President's House in Philadelphia. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The National Park Service has taken down an exhibit at Philadelphia's Independence Mall that highlighted President George Washington's treatment of his enslaved workers. It's part…
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January 25, 2026
Minnesota Senator Tina Smith on the immigration crackdown and shooting of Alex Pretti NATO

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith on the immigration crackdown and shooting of Alex Pretti

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Minnesota Senator Tina Smith about yesterday's fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent and the continued immigration crackdown in the city. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Key Senate Democrats say they will risk a partial government shutdown and not vote for a spending package that…
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January 25, 2026
What does China’s first naval visit to Uruguay say about its Latin American ambitions? Silk Road

What does China’s first naval visit to Uruguay say about its Latin American ambitions?

What does China’s first naval visit to Uruguay say about its Latin American ambitions? Western hemisphere port call by Silk Road Ark comes just weeks after US ousted Venezuelan leader Published: 9:00pm, 25 Jan 2026 The PLA Navy hospital ship Silk Road Ark arrived at the Uruguayan port of Montevideo…
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January 25, 2026