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New Hampshire Republican Candidates Embracing Trump

Matthew McDonald

All six Republicans running for Congress in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District are allying themselves with President Donald Trump and hitting the incumbent for voting against the Trump tax cut.

The GOP candidates debated Monday night in Nashua, according to the Nashua Telegraph.

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Amherst College Renames Inn Named After … Amherst

Matthew McDonald

Amherst College is renaming the Lord Jeffrey Inn because the name refers to Lord Jeffrey Amherst, the 18th century British general the college is indirectly named after.

General Amherst (1717-1797) is most famous for winning the French and Indian War for England. That's why a western Massachusetts town was named for him during the mid-1700s. Amherst College was founded in 1821 in that town and named for that town.

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