A rare surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence, seized by Britain's Royal Navy in 1776, has been uncovered in England.
A rare surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence, seized by Britain’s Royal Navy in 1776, has been uncovered in England. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in July 1776, was discovered in The National Archives in Kew, England. The document, one of only 11 surviving from this specific printing, was seized by the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War and had been hidden in the archives for centuries. WHEN & WHERE: The document was first uncovered in February 2023 by Michael Scurr, a volunteer cataloging Royal Navy captains’ papers, at The National Archives in Kew. KEY QUOTE: “It’s a vanishingly rare surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence,…Open
Senator Rodante Marcoleta arrives in the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday, July 6, 2026, moments before the announcement of the issuance of arrest warrant against him. JOHN ERIC MENDOZA/INQUIRER Published July 6, 2026 MANILA, Philippines [...]
Before 1776, there was a war that changed America forever. In this first episode of Road to Liberty, we go back to the French and Indian War — the forgotten conflict that helped shape George Washington, redrew the map of the continent, and planted the seeds of the American Revolution. Britain, France, and Native nations collided in a brutal struggle for the future of North America, and one disastrous battle — Braddock’s Defeat at the Monongahela — thrust a young Washington onto the path to history. You’ve heard of the Revolutionary War. But do you know the war that made it possible? In this episode: Why the French and Indian War started Why the Ohio Country mattered so much How Native alliances shaped the war What happened at the…
Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran’s capital Monday for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump. Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin, and those of his family members who were killed Feb. 28 in an airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the United States, sat aboard a truck decorated to resemble the ornamental grating that surrounds the shrine of an imam. The massive turnout was encouraged by Iran’s theocracy as a sign of strength, and it came as the Islamic Republic negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war. #iran #supremeleader #ayatollahkhamenei #funeral…
