Colombia inaugurates De La Espriella
Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia on August 7, 2026, after defeating Senator Iván Cepeda in the June 21 presidential runoff election. De La Espriella succeede...
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Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia on August 7, 2026, after defeating Senator Iván Cepeda in the June 21 presidential runoff election. De La Espriella succeede...
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On March 5, 2026, United States President Donald Trump announced the removal of Kristi Noem from her position as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The announcemen...
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A former North Dakota state senator was sentenced in March 2026 to 10 years of imprisonment for traveling to Prague, Czech Republic, to engage in commercial sexual activity with minors, a...
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On February 10, 2026, United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced questioning before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee after the release of documents connected to the Jeffr...
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Trump posts former President Obama and Michelle Obama as monkeys in racist video clip On February 6, 2026, United States President Donald Trump posted a video on the social med...
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On October 23, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a full presidential pardon to Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the founder and former CEO of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, who had previ...
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Ted Cruz says “let’s stop attacking pedophiles” On September 30, 2025, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas made a remark that ...
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Senator Robert Byrd eulogy connections and affiliations Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime U.S. Senator from West Virginia, passed away on June 28, 2010. Byrd had a documented history of me...
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Harold Wallace Rosenthal, a Senate aide, was killed in a terrorist attack at Istanbul Airport in 1976. Rosenthal had worked for Senator Jacob Javits and was serving in his staff role at t...
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The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, occurred on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade throug...
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The creation of the Federal Reserve System on December 23, 1913, established the central banking authority of the United States. It was enacted through the Federal Reserve Act, signed int...
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On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in U.S. political hist...
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The revolt of Gordian I was a significant uprising against the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax in 238, known as the Year of the Six Emperors. Senatorial opposition to Maximinus' harsh rule ...
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Following the assassination of Emperor Caracalla, Macrinus, then the commander of the Praetorian Guard, declared himself emperor. His accession marked the first time a Roman emperor came ...
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Macrinus, formerly a praetorian prefect, became Roman Emperor following the assassination of Caracalla. This marked a significant shift in imperial authority as Macrinus was the first emp...
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Following the assassination of Emperor Pertinax, the Roman imperial throne was sold to the highest bidder by the Senate. Didius Julianus secured the empire by offering the largest payment...
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Emperor Nerva formally adopted Trajan as his heir in a move to secure the imperial succession and stabilize the Roman Empire. This adoption marked the beginning of the era of the "Five Go...
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After the murder of Emperor Domitian, the Roman Senate appointed Nerva as emperor, marking a shift from autocratic rule to a more stabilizing governance. Nerva, previously a respected sen...
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