Jessica Karl, Columnist

Maybe Usha Vance Could Teach Kids About the Flag

The second lady’s reading initiative for children is really a marketing campaign for her husband.

Fifty nifty.

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Huh. Isn’t it a little strange that President Donald Trump failed to mention America’s six new states during his primetime address on Wednesday night? That seems like the perfect detail to include in a speech that Andreas Kluth says included “all possible messages at once.” Instead, we learned about these new states (What are they? Greenland, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, Gaza Riviera and … Nambia?) via a promotional video for his presidential library.