In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country...
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the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the...
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The history of standard time in the United States began November 18, 1883, when United States and Canadian railroads instituted standard time in time...
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("fall back"). The Uniform Time Act of 1966 formalized the specification of time zones and the dates of DST observation in the United States. Prior to this...
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The term "United States," when used in the geographical sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...
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Date and time notation in the United States differs from that used in nearly all other countries. It is inherited from one historical branch of conventions...
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In this list of presidents of the United States by age, the first table charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of presidential...
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The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...
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The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...
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In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
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The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...
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presidents of the United States by time in office. The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar...
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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...
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The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and...
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The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal...
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list of vice presidents of the United States by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates. The length of a full four-year...
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example (in the United States), from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time) or 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Central and Mountain Time). In India...
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in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. In 1962...
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The Third Amendment (Amendment III) to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's...
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The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...
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In the United States, human rights consists of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly by...
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people have served on the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest judicial body in the United States, since it was established in 1789. Supreme Court...
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In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational...
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The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time or UTC) and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) (also known as Western European...
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Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789. Political...
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The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...
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The Northeastern United States (also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast) is one of the four census regions defined...
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In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's...
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Healthcare in the United States is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private...
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county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...
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