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Keeping up with current events can be a full-time job—never mind understanding the history behind what’s in the headlines. Take the ongoing coverage of the investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections for example. This story seems to change daily—sometimes hourly. Even if you’re checking in multiple times per day and managing to keep up with the basics, references to historical events and underlying facts relayed by experts and political pundits can leave you wanting to learn more.
例如，一些评论员，由特朗普总统讨论最近联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米的射击练习时，有参考类似水门事件特别检察官阿奇博尔德·考克斯的尼克松的射击。那是一个有效的参考？
为了得到需要更好地了解什么是背后的这些和其他参考资料的背景细节，开始你的研究与U.S. History In Context, where you will discover in-depth coverage of such topics as: