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February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
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February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
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February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the…
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February 11, 2026
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
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