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Europe’s American century is over. Two geopolitical thunderclaps on Wednesday will transform transatlantic relations. Donald ...

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William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan, due to McKinley’s own love affair with tariffs.

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Learn about the interplay of form, function, and cultural identity in modernist architecture—a legacy of innovation and experimentation.