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American general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Available reporting shows there is from Arlington National Cemetery’s online list of notable Americans; Powell’s profile remained accessible after website category changes in March 2025. Multiple fact...
The claim that (often tied to Arlington Cemetery or official memorial displays) is ; recent checks found no evidence of his name being erased and at least one fact-checking article called the allegati...
that was secretly a Muslim began circulating as early as his 2004 Senate campaign and became a dominant religion-related storyline by 2008, fed by a mix of inaccurate reporting, viral e‑mails and part...
won the and became president with 304 electoral votes to ’s 227 as certified by the . Clinton nonetheless won the nationwide popular vote by roughly 2.9 million votes, a divergence that made 2016 one ...
Colin L. Powell served a 35-year U.S. Army career that advanced from a second lieutenant commissioned via ROTC into a four‑star general and culminated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Oct. 19...
The State Department Office of the Inspector General concluded that Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email account and server while Secretary of State “was not an appropriate method” for p...
Usage evidence shows that “at the end of the day” is a long-standing idiom whose figurative use goes back to the 19th century , it rose steadily through the 20th century—becoming especially common in ...
Rumors that Barack Obama was a Muslim circulated widely in 2008 and persisted afterward, influencing media coverage and public opinion: Pew found that nearly a third of religion-related campaign stori...
Colin Powell’s two Vietnam tours (1962–63 as a captain advisor and 1968–69 as a major with the Americal Division) gave him frontline command experience, awards (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Soldier’s Me...