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Wall Street JournalThe Election That Saved the United StatesWall Street JournalBut if McClellan had won, it would have been the last election in United States as a unified nation. Handsome and self-confident, the 37-year-old McClellan had won several minor victories early in the war and was promoted to command the Union forces.

Raw StoryHomeland Security: Islamic State poses no specific threat within the United StatesRaw StoryThe United States is not aware of any specific threat to the U.S. homeland from Islamic State militants, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday after Britain raised its international terrorism threat level. Islamic State militants and their ...

CNNISIS: Is it really a threat to the US?CNN(CNN) -- U.S. officials are claiming that the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is "now a credible alternative to al Qaeda." But what does that really mean in terms of ISIS' potential threat to the United States? After all, al ...

New York TimesHospitals in the US Get Ready for EbolaNew York TimesDr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said such a case is inevitable in the United States, and the agency this month issued the first extensive guidelines for hospitals on how recognize and treat Ebola ...

ThinkProgressThe United States' Press Freedom Problem Goes Beyond FergusonThinkProgressJournalists forcibly removed from covering a story. Facing down tear gas and hostile police. Finding themselves under arrest. It's a situation that is supposed to happen in other countries, not the United States. But last night in Ferguson, MO ...

CityLabWhy Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System?CityLabVirtually every wealthy nation in the world has invested in a high-speed rail network—with the striking exception of the United States. From Japan to France, even from Turkey to Russia, trains travel through the country at speeds of 150 miles per hour ...

Philly.comFight continues over the SS United StatesPhilly.comDeveloper Joe Henwood has an idea for the ailing SS United States: Free it from its dockside prison, tow it down the Delaware River, and transform it into a grand, floating hotel beside Harrah's casino in Chester. The nonprofit conservancy that owns ...