assassination
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The 25th Amendment was adopted after the assassination of President Kennedy.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
The law excludes those accused of involvement in alleged coups and assassination attempts.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
The market entirely shrugged off the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assassination, the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He said: "We relatives call it a state assassination of our children, and all the people who were aboard that train… in which European country could this be possible?"
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
To make matters worse, riots erupted in the summer of 1964 in Harlem and Rochester, followed by a series of uprisings that swept the nation following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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