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![<p>Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio on U.S. policy toward Venezuela during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, January 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Cartoon in reaction to the Zimmermann Telegram published in The Evening Star, March 4, 1917 in Washington D.C.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Dwight D. Eisenhower, then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stand together during a luncheon at the White House, March 31, 1955.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0">Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">Photograph of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">President Woodrow Wilson address</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">ing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0"> a joint session of Congress</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0"> by </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">Harris & Ewing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258910548 BCX0">.</span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW239570326 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239570326 BCX0">The White House on October 31, 2004.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">An 1898 illustration </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">of the U.S.S. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">Maine</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">exploding </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">Havana </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170245311 BCX0">harbor.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>View of Mount Rushmore Memorial Park in 2016. From left to right: Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">First page of Enri</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">q</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">ue Dupuy de </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW231188048 BCX0">Lôme’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0"> letter to Don José </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW231188048 BCX0">Canelejas</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231188048 BCX0">, the Foreign Minister of Spain, February 1898.</span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">” by John Vanderlyn in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">the early 19th century</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW190164940 BCX0">. </span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![10Best10Worst_2026_OpenGraph_1200x628_v5]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The United Nations flag flies outside UN Headquarters in New York City; U.S. soldiers conduct a search and clear operation near Nui Ba Den, Vietnam, August 21, 1970. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) speaking at the Senate on June 9, 1948.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Rep. Louis Ludlow appealed for approval of a constitutional amendment requiring a referendum on participation in a foreign war.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The final count of the Senate vote on S.J. Resolution 98 under the War Powers Act on January 8, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The first draft of the Declaration of Independence is presented to the Second Continental Congress.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>A soldier from the U.S. Army 3d Infantry Regiment plants a flag in front of a headstone in advance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery on May 22, 2025. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington]()
By CFR Editors![<p>A view of the White House on July 3, 2024. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![James M. Lindsay hosting The President's Inbox. Council on Foreign Relations.]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Emir of Kano, Muhammad Lamido Sanusi II, rides on a dressed horse after attending prayers marking the Eid al-Adha celebration at an open field in Kofar Mata district in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano on September 1, 2017.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare
