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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were not invited to Arlington National Cemetery by Gold Star families last week to commemorate the third anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate, a White House official and a Harris aide told NBC News, refuting separate claims made Sunday by GOP Sen. Tom Cotton and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. The two were speaking about former President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery last week, where he has drawn criticism for posing for photos with Gold Star families in a section of the cemetery where photos are traditionally prohibited. Last week,...

"The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Congress has approved a $3.2 billion veterans bill that includes a provision ordering the removal of the remains of a convicted double murderer from the Arlington National Cemetery. The vote was good news for Vernon Davis, whose parents, Daniel and Wilda Davis, were fatally stabbed by Russell Wayne Wagner at their Hagerstown home on Valentine's Day 1994. Mr. Davis fought for 16 months to have Wagner's remains removed from the military cemetery.

If you were to vacation in Los Angeles this summer and drive west along Wilshire Boulevard, say, from Beverly Hills to Santa Monica, you would pass through some of the most valuable real estate on the planet. The drive would take you through the wealthy neighborhoods of Westwood and Brentwood, and the even wealthier enclaves of Holmby Hills and Bel Air would be just a few blocks off your route. At no point along your way would you be within a mile or more of even a single home worth less than a million dollars. You would also pass, very...