The Black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has sparked social media-fueled backlash in the lead-up to Sunday’s ...

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President Donald Trump’s appearance at Sunday’s Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans will go down in history as the first sitting commander-in-chief to attend the National Football League’s title game, in ...

The U.S. Military Academy has disbanded a dozen West Point cadet clubs centered on ethnicity, gender, race and sexuality in response to the Trump administration's push to eliminate diversity programs ...

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President Donald Trump has made a habit of saluting during the national anthem despite the flag code indicating that he should simply place his hand over his heart. The regulation, 36 U.S. Code § 301, ...

President Donald Trump has made a habit of saluting during the national anthem despite the flag code indicating that he should simply place his hand over his heart. The regulation, 36 U.S. Code ...