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Senate seat of Markwayne Mullin, recently appointed as Trump’s new DHS secretary.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The approved bill now stipulates that the vice-president - appointed by the president rather than elected - will become the head of state to serve out the rest of the seven-year term.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Galsworthy died on Jan. 31, 1933, one day after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to the court, questioned how to square arguments against Trump’s order with the current birthright citizenship exception for children of Native American tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On the appointed night, Mom joined me in the backyard, and then other women arrived and a few small children.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam