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PUNK ~   Irvine punching logs in Pensacola, Florida.   Irvine’s last job in the South was working as a longshoreman in Pensacola, Florida

GALLAGHER'S HELL ~ The new “Gallagher’s Hell” was a few months old. The old camp, “the scene of the most brutal lawlessness and disorder,” was a mile

  Trump was acquitted after a several day trial that produced edited and lopsided testimony. The Managers called for witnesses, which opened up floodgates according to some analysts, to have the likes of Pelosi and the Mayor of D.C. testify on topics such as why had the mayor refused National Guardsmen offered by Trump before the protest. Or the Managers needing to prove why the same language used by Democrats did not mean inciting insurrections. No intent on Trump‘s part to incite an “in...

“Theres no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Saturday after the verdict, adding that the riot at the Capitol was a “foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole” from Trump after his election loss. (Photo: Congress.gov/Getty Images) With seven Republicans voting with all Democrats to convict, the ...

A 57-43 majority of the Senate voted to convict Trump, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT., the presiding officer over former President Donald Trumps impeachment trial, called for civility in the chamber Saturday morning after an outburst of laughter. The chamber erupted into laughter after Michael van der Veen, one of Trump’s defense attorneys, insisted depositions for witnesses should be done in his law office in Philadelphia. Leahy quoted Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020 and admonish...

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Sen. Patrick Leahy is expected to adhere largely to the script of Chief Justice John Roberts when he presides over the second...

Where it all began: The E.W.B. Curry story E.W.B. Curry established his first school in a neighbor’s kitchen shed in 1889. Submitted illustrations Submitted illustrations Editor’s note: This article was written by Urbana Junior High students as part of a Project Based Learning unit called “Lost Voices,” which helps preserve and share the history of African-Americans in Urbana. The junior high’s Social Studies Department (which includes 6th-8th graders) is working with the Champaig...