Britain

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Justifying separation from Britain, Mr. Auslin shows, was only one part of a sequence of measures designed to make the American case to what Jefferson called “a candid world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Also Thursday, the United Kingdom announced it had summoned Israel's most senior diplomat in Britain following "the inflammatory video".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"I will continue to make the right choices, to protect households and businesses, and build a stronger and more secure Britain."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Even as Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, about one million Americans opposed entering the conflict on the Allied side.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

In Ulster, they created a Protestant presence within a predominantly Catholic nation and gave Britain a foothold for its efforts to expand its empire.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz