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Graham Sibley in "Abraham Lincoln" (Joe Alblas/History Channel)

A more honest look at "Abraham Lincoln"

Melanie McFarland
Washington (José Sarmento de Matos / History)

Washington would have hated Trump

Matthew Rozsa
"Blown Away" (Netflix)

Summer TV: It's even hotter inside

Melanie McFarland
Katheryn Winnick as "Lagertha" (History Channel)

Vikings: Our Dark Age, as seen on TV

Melanie McFarland
In this May 20, 1937 photo, provided by The Paragon Agency, shows aviator Amelia Earhart on the wing of her Electra plane. (Albert Bresnik/The Paragon Agency via AP)

what killed amelia earhart?

Alessandra Maldonado
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closes the door to a room where Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was monitoring reports of an active shooter at Joint Base Andrews, Md., prior to an appearance before the committee, Thursday, June 30, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

grassley's war on history

Taylor Link
(History)

History's "Vikings" returns

Melanie McFarland
Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker and Emayatzy Corinealdi in "Roots" (The History Channel)

Fact, fiction and "Roots"

Andrew O'Hehir

Alex Seitz-Wald
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Prachi Gupta

Is "The Bible"'s devil Obama?

Daniel D'Addario
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