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Politics Mar 05

Congress hasn't officially declared war since WWII. Here's how presidential war powers have played out since then

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Politics Feb 16

A bronze statue of former U.S. President George Washington, which formerly was located at the Washington Monument but move...
How George Washington rose to prominence and became the stuff of myth

No, he didn't have wooden teeth.

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

Politics Dec 21

Portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House, in Washington
Fact-checking Trump's plaques for past presidents at the White House 'Walk of Fame'

In a break from tradition, President Donald Trump decorated a White House walkway with bronze plaques for each U.S. president. In an even sharper break with tradition, the plaques were written in a style echoing Trump’s Truth Social posts, with…

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

Politics Dec 01

U.S. President Trump returns to Washington from Florida
Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned

“It was just an MRI,” President Donald Trump said Sunday. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”…

By Associated Press

Politics Nov 12

U.S. President Trump returns at the White House following his annual physical exam
WATCH: White House says Trump's MRI was part of 'routine physical examination'

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not specify what part of President Donald Trump’s body was imaged in the scan in October.

By Associated Press

Sep 27

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The White House's iconic Rose Garden gets a makeover under Trump

By Ali Rogin, Veronica Vela

Trump is putting his mark on the White House in his second term, making changes to the building and its grounds. This week, he unveiled the “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Wing colonnade. Elsewhere, work has begun on…

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Sep 25

Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo in new White House portrait collection

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief — except for one.

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May 09

WATCH: First lady Melania Trump unveils new stamp for former first lady Barbara Bush

By Fatima Hussein, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Daughter Dorothy “Doro” Bush Koch said “it’s unlikely that mom ever pictured herself on the postage stamp, and it’s very likely that she would be wondering what all this fuss is about."…

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Apr 11

Trump will undergo his annual checkup. He has a history of keeping his medical details secret

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

His annual physical on Friday could potentially give the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. But if history is…

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Apr 05

Why does the U.S. have presidential term limits? The history of the 22nd Amendment

By Mark Satta, The Conversation

The rule that no president can serve more than two full terms became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1951, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died.

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