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Why Obama Could’ve Never Gotten Away With Accepting a $400 Million Jet as a Gift Like Trump

Trump is set to receive the most expensive gift ever given to a U.S. president.

By

Phenix S Halley

Published

May 13, 2025
Revolutionary Road: Navigating Fidel Castro’s Polarizing Legacy

President Fidel Castro—El Jefe, El Comandante—the iconic Cuban leader whom the U.S. government has relentlessly vilified between attempts to assassinate him, is now dead. And as with most loved and loathed figures, fiery debates over how he should be remembered have sprung to life. In the cacophony of almost bestial glee and deep mourning that…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

December 2, 2016
News

Fidel Castro, Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Has Died at 90

Fidel Castro, the leader and face of Cuba’s revolution, died Friday at age 90. The iconic leader who for years was not seen without a Cohiba cigar was as beloved as he was despised. One of his greatest legacies was his fierce resistance of 50 years of U.S. attempts to topple him. Raúl Castro, Fidel’s…

By

The Root Staff

Published

November 26, 2016