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Historian Larry Schweikart has produced a new take on the life of one of the most consequential — and, to many, one of the greatest — American presidents, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

Breitbart News’ Chris Burgard retells the story of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first military engagements between Americans and the British during the American Revolutionary War.

Holocaust survivor Mike Rezko: “I’m trying to convey to you that the United States of America is the greatest place in the world to live.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar resorts to antisemitism because she refuses to acknowledge the truth: that Americans genuinely support Israel.

BBC Four has announced it will air a number of new shows focused on the ‘hidden’ history of ethnic minorities in the UK next month, as part of a season which will “celebrate British diversity”.

Today is the day when Theresa May loses the vote on her Brexit ‘deal’ and is confirmed as the worst Conservative prime minister ever.

President Donald Trump is better placed than any of his potential opponents to broker compromises. He should propose deals, seize the moral high ground, and lead America back to success.

Republicans were disappointed to lose the House of Representatives to Democrats on Tuesday. But they gained several seats in the Senate. Overall the GOP out-performed the historical average for the president’s party.

Archaeologists say they unearthed what they believe are the oldest weapons ever found in North America — ancient spear points estimated to be 15,500 years old — according to a new study released this week.

UKIP MEP Nigel Farage has mocked and criticised President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani for claiming that the European Union brought down Nazism and Soviet Communism, regimes which fell years before the Maastricht Treaty founded the bloc.

Jeremy Corbyn has said if he were to lead Britain, schoolchildren would be extensively taught about so-called “grave injustices” he says Britain has caused around the world.

The Shekou Museum of China’s Reform and Opening-Up in Shenzhen, China, just emerged from a few months of renovations with an “upgraded” layout that replaces tributes to visionary President Deng Xiaoping with glowing tributes to China’s current and increasingly dictatorial leader, Xi Jinping. Observers wonder if Xi’s cult of personality might have gone a little too far, given that Deng is widely revered as the architect of China’s economic success.

From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Jackson to Calvin Coolidge, America’s greatest leaders backed tariffs.

Bristol Council has been slammed after announcing plans to add an “enslaver of Africans” plaque to a 123-year-old statue of philanthropist Edward Colston.

A new initiative by the already controversy-hit government-funded Quango Historic England caused further concern Sunday after they broadcast an image of the historic Nelson’s Column in London’s Trafalgar Square being demolished with a wrecking ball.

Poland’s restrictive Holocaust law must be abolished so that misunderstandings can be addressed honestly and Polish-Jewish relations can improve.

The story always suggested to me the idea that there might sometimes be a reason that bad things happen, though not apparent at the time.

On March 27 Larry the Cable advised those calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment to consider “history” and Judge Alex Kozinski’s succinct summary of the importance of the individual right to keep and bear arms.

A family-run television channel specialising in vintage British programmes is in trouble after the regulator ruled its broadcasting of a World War II drama unacceptably ‘racist’.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tells Breitbart News that history – and, in particular, the dismantling of German’s Berlin Wall which signified the end of Communism in that country – should serve as a guide for the Iranian people protesting to take back their country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the White House Hanukkah Reception in the East Room on Thursday, President Donald Trump celebrated his historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city.

WASHINGTON, DC — Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, told Breitbart News last week that he is sure President Donald Trump will move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as promised.

WASHINGTON, DC — Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, says President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city on Wednesday will secure his place in the history of the Jewish state and the Jewish people.

The New York Times’ Bret Stephens repeats false accusations of antisemitism against Steve Bannon — and embraces anti-Israel propaganda in the process.

White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly defended Robert E. Lee and Christopher Columbus, saying it was a “mistake” to judge historical figures by modern standards.

An Episcopal church that counted as members both our first president, George Washington, as well as Confederate General Robert E. Lee will remove the historical plaques memorializing both figures in order to be more “welcoming.”

Following the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the U.N.’s educational, scientific, and cultural body (UNESCO) over it’s anti-Israel bias, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a resolution that “recognizes and affirms the historical connection of the Jewish people to the ancient and sacred city of Jerusalem.”

A California high school has come under fire for a controversial history project that involved students reenacting conditions on a slave ship.

The Venezuelan regime responded to Trump’s criticism by comparing him to Ronald Reagan, as if that were a devastaing insult.

Vandals caught defacing historic monuments will face jail time and hefty fines if convicted, under tough new laws being introduced by the Australian government.

Leftist online magazine, Salon.com, went on the attack against the playing of America’s national anthem at sporting events, calling the tune an example of “neo-Confederate” ideology despite Francis Scott Key writing the words to the song almost 50 years before the existence of the Confederacy.

Calls to change the wording on colonial-era monuments in Australia have been slammed by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as “Stalinist” exercises in rewriting history.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Activists with Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the organization Take ‘Em Down NOLA stormed the French Quarter’s iconic monument to President Andrew Jackson, demanding it be removed from the public square.

Esther Lee, president of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, NAACP chapter, railed against the “senseless” left-wing campaign to remove historic memorials and Confederate statues following the neo-Nazi and white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that the decision of whether or not to take down or keep up Confederate monuments has to be done on a case-by-case basis depending on

Corporate-owned Vice Magazine posted an article urging “Let’s Blow Up Mount Rushmore” which called for Americans’ politics, culture, and history to be purified by fire.