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After he was elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was faced with filling patronage positions in the Washington Territory. Just eight years old, the Washington Territory needed territorial suprem ...

School – and the federal government's role in it – has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created.

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Protesters crowded along the sides of Main Street for local grassroots organization Rock This Democracy's No Kings Flag Day ...

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Albert Mead was Washington’s fifth governor and lived in Whatcom County. Serving from 1905 to 1909, the Bellingham lawyer and ...

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"The state law does not allow us to have a closed primary," said George. "So we're just trying to get the court to tell us that the Republican Party of Texas has the right to have closed primaries and ...