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Maine Takes Action Against Native American Sports Team Names

A bill signed by the state’s governor prohibits Native American-themed team names at public schools.

Jon Stewart leaving Comedy Central's "The Daily Show” may have helped elect Trump.

Study: Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” Exit Helped Elect Trump

John Kerry, #18, on the hockey team at St. Paul's School in 1962 with Robert Swan Mueller, #12. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Robert Mueller, John Kerry and the Prep-School Sports Program That Helped Mold Them

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Georgetown University Students Vote in Favor of Slavery Reparation Fund

A mural supporting the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is seen in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 2018. (Getty Images/ AFP PHOTO / Paul Faith)

Will Northern Ireland’s Hard-Earned Peace Be Shattered by Brexit?

President Harry S. Truman signs the North Atlantic Pact (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Truman to Trump: NATO Turns 70

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In This Corner: The Mueller Report and Its Aftermath

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What Politicians and Pundits Think of the Manafort Sentence

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Can the Man Who Saved Mosul Keep ISIS at Bay and Forge a Future?

Donald Trump Jr. addresses an audience in El Paso, Texas on February 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

In This Corner: How the First Amendment Can Tame Big Tech

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Remembering the 2000 Advocate Interview in Which Trump Was Pro Gay, Universal Healthcare and Taxing the Rich

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Want Chinese Government Propaganda? There an App for That – and It’s Going Viral

Furloughed federal workers, joined by elected officials, hold up sings to protest the federal government shutdown during a non-partisan rally at Independence Mall, in Philadelphia, PA, on January 8, 2019. If continued in the next days the shutdown will be the longest in the U.S. history and was tricked after the Republicans of President Trump lost control over the U.S House of Representatives after the recent elections. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Government Workers Seeking Online Donations to Survive Shutdown

US House Representative Ilhan Omar (2nd-R), D-MN, with her hand on the Quran, participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd-L), D-CA, during the start of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Minnesota Democrat Becomes First Person to Wear Hijab in US Congress

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Mystery “Nude Selfie” Obtained By Mueller Inquiry Says Indicted Russian Firm

Businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale attend Peale's 90th birthday celebration. Peale is the author of "The Power of Positive Thinking." Waldorf Astoria Hotel in May 1988 in New York, New York. (Tom Gates/Getty Images)

How Donald Trump Draws On and Deviates From Lessons of “God’s Salesman”

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Pope Francis meets U.S. President Donald Trump on May 24, 2017 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Getty Images)

Popes and Politics, From Nero to Trump

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China (Getty)

In This Corner: Donald Trump’s China Trade War Is Not About Trade

Cardinal John O'Connor in front of Saint Patrick's Cathedral during the Puerto Rican Day Parade. (Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Is It Time for Puerto Rican Statehood?

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What Voting and Elections Look Like Around The World

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What to Do if You’re Turned Away at the Polls on Election Day

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Celebrities Whose Political Rants Came Back to Haunt Them

A silhouette of a man in a balaclava mask sitting at a laptop computer, with computer code in the background. Sergei Konkov/TASS (Photo by Sergei KonkovTASS via Getty Images)

Too Quiet? Security Official Wary of Russia’s Cyber-Silence Ahead of Midterms

US Marines stand outside the Embassy of the United State of America in Havana, on February 21, 2018. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)

Top Spy-Catcher Sees Big Threat on Small Island of Cuba

UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congressman Channels Inner Auctioneer to Drown Out Protester

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passed away on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

John McCain: A Political Maverick in His Own Words

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Inside the Room Where Roseanne Barr Returned

A Soyuz 2.1a rocket booster with a Frigate upper stage block launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The Soyuz 2.1.a rocket booster is to deliver Russian Kanopus-V No3 and No4 remote sensing satellites and 9 small satellites to orbit. Donat Sorokin/TASS (Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images)

Is a Spy Scandal Brewing Inside Russia’s Space Program?

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