 Just
how big is that ego anyway? The Trump administration has
sought to pressure Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New
York and the minority leader, to help name New York's Penn
Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after
President Trump in exchange for releasing billions of
dollars he has frozen for a rail tunnel under the Hudson
River. Administration officials have told Mr. Schumer in
recent weeks that the money would be released if he agreed
to name the facilities in Mr. Trump's honor. More |
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 Niagara
Falls is one of the most iconic natural wonders in North
America. It holds a meaningful place in movies, including
''Superman''
in 1978, books, TV shows, and the national identity of both
Americans and Canadians. But, there isn't just one ''Niagara
Falls.'' The three falls that make up the Falls are
two-thirds in the United States. But, 90% of the Niagara
River goes over Horseshoe Falls, 10% over American Falls and
Bridal Veil Falls. More |
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 In
October 1859, the U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry was
the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists
led by John Brown. The raid was to be the first stage in a
plan to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves
in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia. Brown was
captured and later convicted of treason and hanged, but the
raid inflamed white Southern fears of slave rebellions and
increased the tension between Northern and Southern states
before the American Civil War.
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''The City of New Orleans'' was written
in 1970 by Steve Goodman while riding the train, and its
popularity may have helped save the railroads from extinction.
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