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A man watches a TV news program showing file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 11, 2016. A colonel from North Korea's military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in a rare senior-level defection, Seoul officials said Monday. The letters read "True, A colonel from North Korean military's General Reconnaissance Bureau Asylum." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea scolds Obama on sanctions in the voice of Abraham Lincoln

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Lincoln’s Political Thought’

By Michael Taube

President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Obama’s gun control executive order directs Pentagon to make firearms safer, not more lethal

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Obama has Divided the Country Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BRUCE LAWLOR: Obama’s gun rules undermine freedom

By Bruce Lawlor

The monument to General Gouverneur K. Warren at Gettysburg The Washington Times

JAMES SWANSON: Remembering Gettysburg

By James L. Swanson

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Huckabee: Conservatives can ignore gay marriage ruling like Lincoln ignored Dred Scott

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Lincoln and the Jews: A History’

By Martin Rubin

From left, Monsignor Francis J. Weber; Ruben Mendoza, professor in the Archaeology Program, Division of Social, Behavioral and Global Studies at California State University; Rose Marie Beebe, professor of Spanish literature at Santa Clara University; and Robert Senkewicz, professor of history at Santa Clara University, talk to the media during a panel of California scholars to discuss Spanish Franciscan friar Junipero Serra's life and legacy, in Rome, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

California’s soon-to-be saint hailed as a man ahead of his time

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner participates in ceremonies honoring President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln tomb within Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill. The Lincoln Monument Association that is dedicated to supporting Abraham Lincoln’s tomb is rejecting a National Geographic author’s criticisms of the historic site. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

As death of Lincoln marked, caretakers of tomb face setbacks

By Kerry Lester - Associated Press

Rebecca Hagelin and her daughter, Kristin Carey.

REBECCA HAGELIN & KRISTIN CAREY: Emancipation Day a good time to reflect on spiritual enslavement

By Rebecca Hagelin and Kristin Carey

Awaiting word for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to take effect amid the Civil War, many black churches on Dec. 31, 1862, started the tradition of Watch Night services. The tradition Monday will continue with a special midnight display at the National Archives. (Associated Press)

DANIEL BURNETT: Fading American history

By Daniel Burnett

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln’

By Aram Bakshian Jr.

Abraham Lincoln (Associated Press/File)

Lincoln’s call for God to end the Civil War echoes today

By Kelsey Dallas - Deseret News

Former President Ronald Reagan. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Remembering Ronald Reagan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES