Here’s a look at Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in January. Facts January 19, 2026 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15.

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Hunt challenged Helms in a nationalized, record-spending 19-month Senate slugfest. Helms used the King holiday filibuster and sharp TV ads to erode Hunt’s lead. Helms won 52-48 during Reagan’s 1984 ...

US presidents have each redecorated the Oval Office in their own unique ways since it was first built in 1909.

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A century ago, they were known mostly as anarchists. On Sept. 16, 1920, someone led a horse-drawn carriage loaded with explosives into the heart of Wall Street. The resulting explosion killed 38 and ...

The United States is the world’s largest democratic laboratory; what happens in Washington, New York, Texas, California, or ...