newsweek--2020-12-06--'It's Never Too Late': Trump's Vaccine Chief Calls Biden's 100-Day Mask Plan 'a Good Idea'

The head of President Donald Trump 's Operation Warp Speed program approved of President-elect Joe Biden 's 100-day mask plan .
`` I think it 's a good idea , it 's never too late , '' Moncef Slaoui told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday .
`` This pandemic is ravaging the country .
We need to take out precautions , wear our masks , wash our hands , keep our distance , remain aware that this virus is a killer , '' Slaoui continued .
Biden announced his plan to encourage Americans to commit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 days of his presidency on Thursday during an interview with CNN .
`` The first day I 'm inaugurated to say I 'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask , '' said Biden .
`` Just 100 days to mask , not forever . ''
The president-elect continued : `` And I think we 'll see a significant reduction if that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably . ''
Biden also acknowledged his limited authority to enforce a mask mandate .
He noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state and local leaders ' cooperation .
This could be challenging as Republicans continued to resist face mask orders as COVID-19 cases surge across the country .
In response to Biden 's proposed plan , Georgia GOP Congresswoman-elect Majorie Taylor Green tweeted : `` WE WILL NOT COMPLY ! ''
In Florida , where more than one million positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported , Governor Ron DeSantis refused to enact a statewide mask mandate .
`` I 'm opposed to mandates , period , '' DeSantis said during a press briefing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't think they work . ''
However , Dr. Anthony Fauci , a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force , approved of Biden 's plan during an interview with NBC News Friday .
The infectious disease expert also called it `` a good idea . ''
The U.S. expects nearly 6.4 million doses of Pfizer 's COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year , according to Operation Warp Speed officials , as the pharmaceutical company waits for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) .
Moderna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a COVID-19 vaccine , applied for FDA emergency use authorization last week .
FDA approval for both vaccines is expected in the coming weeks .
`` We have a vaccine , there is light at the end of the tunnel , but we will not all have the vaccine in our arms before May or June , so we need to be very cautious and vigilant , '' said Slaoui in his CNN interview Sunday .
Slaoui also said he planned to meet with Biden 's transition team later this week to discuss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be administered to people .
The White House did n't respond to Newsweek 's request for comment in time for publication .

The head of President Donald Trump's Operation Warp Speed program approved of President-elect Joe Biden's 100-day mask plan.
"I think it's a good idea, it's never too late," Moncef Slaoui told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday.
"This pandemic is ravaging the country. We need to take out precautions, wear our masks, wash our hands, keep our distance, remain aware that this virus is a killer," Slaoui continued.
Biden announced his plan to encourage Americans to commit to wearing face masks for the first 100 days of his presidency on Thursday during an interview with CNN.
Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKlines vaccines division, said he approves of President-elect Joe Biden's 100-day mask plan. He is shown above listening to President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
"The first day I'm inaugurated to say I'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask," said Biden. "Just 100 days to mask, not forever."
The president-elect continued: "And I think we'll see a significant reduction if that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably."
Biden also acknowledged his limited authority to enforce a mask mandate. He noted he will have to rely heavily on state and local leaders' cooperation. This could be challenging as Republicans continued to resist face mask orders as COVID-19 cases surge across the country.
In response to Biden's proposed plan, Georgia GOP Congresswoman-elect Majorie Taylor Green tweeted: "WE WILL NOT COMPLY!"
WE WILL NOT COMPLY! https://t.co/6WAdbwQAb8 — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) December 4, 2020
In Florida, where more than one million positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported, Governor Ron DeSantis refused to enact a statewide mask mandate.
"I'm opposed to mandates, period," DeSantis said during a press briefing on November 30. "I don't think they work."
However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, approved of Biden's plan during an interview with NBC News Friday. The infectious disease expert also called it "a good idea."
The U.S. expects nearly 6.4 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year, according to Operation Warp Speed officials, as the pharmaceutical company waits for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Moderna, a pharmaceutical company that also developed a COVID-19 vaccine, applied for FDA emergency use authorization last week. FDA approval for both vaccines is expected in the coming weeks.
"We have a vaccine, there is light at the end of the tunnel, but we will not all have the vaccine in our arms before May or June, so we need to be very cautious and vigilant," said Slaoui in his CNN interview Sunday.
Slaoui also said he planned to meet with Biden's transition team later this week to discuss a plan for how the vaccine should be administered to people.
The White House didn't respond to Newsweek's request for comment in time for publication.


newsweek--2020-12-06--'A Massive Failure': Fox News Host Confronts HHS Secretary Over Trump's COVID Response

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace suggested that the response from President Donald Trump 's administration to the COVID-19 pandemic has been `` a massive failure '' as he interviewed the president 's Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar on Sunday .
Trump has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus pandemic and been dismissive of masks , which help curb the spread of new infections .
The president has flouted social distancing guidelines , holding large crowded events and rallies indoors with many attendees foregoing masks .
Meanwhile , the pandemic is surging nationwide as the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infections and deaths of any country .
As of the early afternoon on Sunday , the U.S. has confirmed more than 14.6 million infections and over 281,000 deaths since the outbreak began here in January .
More than 101,000 Americans are currently hospitalized as the U.S. adds an average of more than 190,000 new infections per day and an average of over 2,100 people die daily .
During an interview with Azar on Fox News Sunday , Wallace pointed to the surge in new infections , hospitalizations and deaths , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield warning that the coming months could be the `` most difficult time in the public health history of this nation . ''
`` Secretary Azar , is n't this the result of a massive failure by President Trump and his administration ? ''
Wallace asked Azar .
`` Chris , we 're seeing these surges in cases in the United States but also in Germany , France , U.K. , Spain , '' the Trump administration official responded .
`` It 's about behavior and cold weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said , arguing that Americans are not following guidance from the federal government .
`` They 're not wearing their face coverings . ''
Wallace went on to confront Azar with a clip of Trump speaking dismissively of guidance from the CDC to wear masks back on April 3 .
In the video , Trump insisted masks would be `` voluntary , '' saying : `` I do n't think I 'm going to be doing it . ''
`` If President Trump had worn a mask then and urged everyone to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April , the way [ President-elect ] Joe Biden is right now , would n't we be in much better shape ? ''
Wallace asked .
Azar responded by pointing out that the Trump administration 's guidelines since April have called on Americans to wear masks .
`` The president has called masks 'patriotic ' acts .
Every one of his top advisers , we are out there wearing masks .
We talk about data , '' the Trump administration official said .
But Wallace pushed back , reasserting his point that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line with public health guidelines .
`` The fact is , the president said on the first day , April 3rd , that he was n't going to wear a mask .
He did n't wear a mask in public for three months until July and just last night at that rally in Georgia , not only did n't he wear a mask but I was watching the rally—thousands of people packed together .
None I could see were wearing a mask , '' Wallace said .
He pointed out that 's a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and you are recommending . ''
Azar insisted that guidance from the federal government is `` always the same , '' regardless of the setting .
But he did not specifically criticize Trump or the Georgia rally .
The Trump administration official added again that the president has called masks `` patriotic . ''
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Health and Human Services for further comment but it did not immediately respond .
During the interview , Azar also referred to President-elect Joe Biden as the `` former vice president .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a row , saying that the proper title is `` President-elect Joe Biden . ''
Although Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential election nearly a month ago , Trump has refused to concede .
The president and his supporters have pushed unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud , insisting that the election was `` rigged . ''
They have not provided evidence to substantiate these allegations , and nearly all legal challenges brought by Trump and his attorneys have been dismissed or rejected in court .
In addition to defying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indoor rallies and events while foregoing masks , Trump confirmed to journalist Bob Woodward in March that he was intentionally downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic to the public .
`` I wanted to always play it down , '' the president said .
`` I still like playing it down because I do n't want to create a panic . ''
White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx voiced concern in an interview with NBC News ' Meet the Press on Sunday over the president 's repeated efforts to flout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
`` I hear community members parroting back those situations , parroting back that masks do n't work , parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity , parroting back that gatherings do n't result in super-spreading events .
And I think our job is to constantly say those are myths , '' Birx said .

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace suggested that the response from President Donald Trump's administration to the COVID-19 pandemic has been "a massive failure" as he interviewed the president's Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar on Sunday.
Trump has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus pandemic and been dismissive of masks, which help curb the spread of new infections. The president has flouted social distancing guidelines, holding large crowded events and rallies indoors with many attendees foregoing masks.
Meanwhile, the pandemic is surging nationwide as the U.S. continues to have the highest number of infections and deaths of any country. As of the early afternoon on Sunday, the U.S. has confirmed more than 14.6 million infections and over 281,000 deaths since the outbreak began here in January. More than 101,000 Americans are currently hospitalized as the U.S. adds an average of more than 190,000 new infections per day and an average of over 2,100 people die daily.
During an interview with Azar on Fox News Sunday, Wallace pointed to the surge in new infections, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as a recent remarks from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield warning that the coming months could be the "most difficult time in the public health history of this nation."
"Secretary Azar, isn't this the result of a massive failure by President Trump and his administration?" Wallace asked Azar.
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace questions Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar over President Donald Trump's COVID response on Sunday (screenshot).
"Chris, we're seeing these surges in cases in the United States but also in Germany, France, U.K., Spain," the Trump administration official responded. "It's about behavior and cold weather. People are going indoors," he said, arguing that Americans are not following guidance from the federal government. "They're not wearing their face coverings."
Wallace went on to confront Azar with a clip of Trump speaking dismissively of guidance from the CDC to wear masks back on April 3. In the video, Trump insisted masks would be "voluntary," saying: "I don't think I'm going to be doing it."
"If President Trump had worn a mask then and urged everyone to wear a mask then, back in April, the way [President-elect] Joe Biden is right now, wouldn't we be in much better shape?" Wallace asked.
Azar responded by pointing out that the Trump administration's guidelines since April have called on Americans to wear masks. "The president has called masks 'patriotic' acts. Every one of his top advisers, we are out there wearing masks. We talk about data," the Trump administration official said.
But Wallace pushed back, reasserting his point that the president has not set an example in line with public health guidelines.
"The fact is, the president said on the first day, April 3rd, that he wasn't going to wear a mask. He didn't wear a mask in public for three months until July and just last night at that rally in Georgia, not only didn't he wear a mask but I was watching the rally—thousands of people packed together. None I could see were wearing a mask," Wallace said. He pointed out that's a "direct violation of what the CDC and you are recommending."
Azar insisted that guidance from the federal government is "always the same," regardless of the setting. But he did not specifically criticize Trump or the Georgia rally. The Trump administration official added again that the president has called masks "patriotic."
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Health and Human Services for further comment but it did not immediately respond.
During the interview, Azar also referred to President-elect Joe Biden as the "former vice president. Wallace cut him off multiple times in a row, saying that the proper title is "President-elect Joe Biden."
Although Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential election nearly a month ago, Trump has refused to concede. The president and his supporters have pushed unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, insisting that the election was "rigged." They have not provided evidence to substantiate these allegations, and nearly all legal challenges brought by Trump and his attorneys have been dismissed or rejected in court.
In addition to defying social distancing guidelines repeatedly through hosting large indoor rallies and events while foregoing masks, Trump confirmed to journalist Bob Woodward in March that he was intentionally downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic to the public.
"I wanted to always play it down," the president said. "I still like playing it down because I don't want to create a panic."
White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx voiced concern in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday over the president's repeated efforts to flout federal guidance when it comes to the pandemic.
"I hear community members parroting back those situations, parroting back that masks don't work, parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity, parroting back that gatherings don't result in super-spreading events. And I think our job is to constantly say those are myths," Birx said.


newsweek--2020-12-06--Newsweek College Football Rankings, Heisman and CFP Predictions—Week 15

One of the best games of last weekend was put together at the last minute with BYU traveling to face the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers .
Both teams entered the contest at 9-0 , and 'College GameDay ' was there .
The game lived up to the short-notice , high-profile billing , and the Chanticleers won , 22-17 .
Coastal Carolina moved up to No .
12 in this week 's Newsweek Top 20 , and BYU slipped to No .
15 .
Coastal Carolina trails only Cincinnati for the best-ranked team in the Group of Five conferences .
The top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an invitation to play in one of the New Year 's Six bowl games .
Cincinnati travels to play a tough Tulsa squad this weekend .
The top six teams won again on Saturday , all of them looked very impressive and all of them did it on the road except Notre Dame .
Alabama crushed LSU , 55-17 , and Notre Dame manhandled Syracuse , 45-21 .
Clemson stomped Virginia Tech ( 45-10 ) , Ohio State beat Michigan State ( 52-12 ) , Texas A & M beat Auburn ( 31-20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Four teams lost and fell out of the top 20 , and four new teams entered .
The Louisiana Ragin ' Cajuns enter the rankings at No .
17 , followed by No .
18 Tulsa , No .
19 Texas and No .
20 North Carolina .
Marshall , Oklahoma State , Oregon and Wisconsin fell from the rankings .
That said , here is the Newsweek Top 20 for Week 15 Dropped Out : No .
17 Marshall , No .
18 Oklahoma State , No .
19 Oregon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here are the Newsweek Heisman rankings after Week 14 of the season .
Games to Watch This Week ( Times ET ) All games subject to cancel or postpone , and games could change during the week Friday , December 11 Arizona State at Arizona Utah at Colorado Nevada at San Jose State Saturday , December 12 LSU at Florida Cincinnati at Tulsa Oklahoma at West Virginia Purdue at Indiana Illinois at Northwestern Wisconsin at Iowa USC at UCLA Michigan State at Penn State Georgia at Missouri Ole Miss at Texas A & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michigan at Ohio State Akron at Buffalo Coastal Carolina at Troy North Carolina at Miami Navy at Army Oklahoma State at Baylor Louisiana Tech at TCU Virginia at Virginia Tech San Diego State at BYU

One of the best games of last weekend was put together at the last minute with BYU traveling to face the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Both teams entered the contest at 9-0, and 'College GameDay' was there. The game lived up to the short-notice, high-profile billing, and the Chanticleers won, 22-17.
Coastal Carolina moved up to No. 12 in this week's Newsweek Top 20, and BYU slipped to No. 15. Coastal Carolina trails only Cincinnati for the best-ranked team in the Group of Five conferences. The top team from the Group of Five gets an invitation to play in one of the New Year's Six bowl games. Cincinnati travels to play a tough Tulsa squad this weekend.
The top six teams won again on Saturday, all of them looked very impressive and all of them did it on the road except Notre Dame. Alabama crushed LSU, 55-17, and Notre Dame manhandled Syracuse, 45-21. Clemson stomped Virginia Tech (45-10), Ohio State beat Michigan State (52-12), Texas A&M beat Auburn (31-20) and Florida beat Tennessee (31-19).
Four teams lost and fell out of the top 20, and four new teams entered. The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns enter the rankings at No. 17, followed by No. 18 Tulsa, No. 19 Texas and No. 20 North Carolina.
Marshall, Oklahoma State, Oregon and Wisconsin fell from the rankings.
That said, here is the Newsweek Top 20 for Week 15
1 Alabama 9-0 Sat. at Arkansas 2 Notre Dame 10-0 Dec. 19 vs #4 Clemson 3 Ohio State 5-0 Sat. vs Michigan 4 Clemson 9-1 Dec. 19 vs #2 Notre Dame 5 Texas A&M 7-1 Sat. vs Ole Miss 6 Florida 8-1 Sat. vs LSU 7 Cincinnati 8-0 Sat. at No. 18 Tulsa 8 Iowa State 8-2 Dec. 19 vs #11 Oklahoma 9 Indiana 6-1 Sat. vs Purdue 10 Miami (Fla.) 8-1 Sat. vs No. 20 North Carolina 11 Oklahoma 7-2 Dec. 19 vs #8 Iowa State 12 Coastal Carolina 10-0 Sat. at Troy 13 Georgia 6-2 Sat. at Missouri 14 USC 3-0 Dec. 6 vs Wasington State 15 BYU 9-1 Sat. vs San Diego State 16 Northwestern 5-1 Sat. vs Illinois 17 Louisiana 9-1 Dec. 19 at #12 Coastal Carolina 18 Tulsa 6-1 Sat. vs #7 Cincinnati 19 Texas 6-3 Sat. at Kansas 20 North Carolina 7-3 Sat. at No. 10 Miami
Dropped Out: No. 17 Marshall, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Oregon, No. 20 Wisconsin
DeVonta Smith #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide catches a touchdown pass against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on December 05, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Smith is a contender for the 2020 Heisman Trophy. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Heisman Frontrunners
Here are the Newsweek Heisman rankings after Week 14 of the season.
Kyle Trask, QB, Florida Mac Jones, QB, Alabama DaVonta Smith, WR, Alabama Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida Najee Harris, RB, Alabama Zach Wilson, QB, BYU
College Football Playoff Prediction
Alabama Notre Dame Ohio State Clemson
Games to Watch This Week (Times ET)
All games subject to cancel or postpone, and games could change during the week
Friday, December 11
Arizona State at Arizona
Utah at Colorado
Nevada at San Jose State
Saturday, December 12
LSU at Florida
Cincinnati at Tulsa
Oklahoma at West Virginia
Purdue at Indiana
Illinois at Northwestern
Wisconsin at Iowa
USC at UCLA
Michigan State at Penn State
Georgia at Missouri
Ole Miss at Texas A&M
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Alabama at Arkansas
Michigan at Ohio State
Akron at Buffalo
Coastal Carolina at Troy
North Carolina at Miami
Navy at Army
Oklahoma State at Baylor
Louisiana Tech at TCU
Virginia at Virginia Tech
San Diego State at BYU


newsweek--2020-12-06--Stimulus Check Possible, but Would Be Part of 'Different Legislation' Than Current Relief Bill: GOP

Stimulus Check Possible, but Would Be Part of 'Different Legislation' Than Current Relief Bill: GOP Senator

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said he remains optimistic both chambers of Congress can pass a $ 900 billion bipartisan stimulus relief package this week .
However , he noted that a federal check to struggling Americans will not be included in the current bill .
Cassidy told Fox News Sunday the bipartisan stimulus relief plan being hashed out by both Republicans and Democrats will not have any direct payments to Americans—a concession he said was necessary to appease cost-cutting conservative in the House and Senate .
The GOP lawmaker is one of 10 senators crafting the package which he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bill that can even make it to President Donald Trump 's desk .
Cassidy pushed back on calling it a `` stimulus bill , '' instead labeling it a `` relief bill '' in which there will be no direct account deposits similar to the $ 1,200 feature of March 's CARES Act .
`` There may be a stimulus check , but that would be part of a different piece of legislation , '' he said in his Fox News Sunday interview .
He 's working alongside Democratic leaders , including Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a second sweeping coronavirus pandemic relief package through Congress as soon as possible .
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing pressure to work with Democrats after he outright rejected the current $ 908 billion bipartisan stimulus proposal , which holds backing from Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .
A U.S. Labor Department report released Friday found employers added just 245,000 jobs last month , indicating a slow-down in the economic recovery .
In addition to Republican opposition to direct payments , Cassidy said `` one of the sticking points '' in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Small businesses who want to remain open say they have concerns about being targeted by lawsuits from customers who contract COVID-19 in their establishments .
`` There has to be some liability protection , '' Cassidy said , noting the government gave mixed messages about employees wearing protective masks in the first few weeks of the pandemic .
Cassidy earlier told CNN on Friday : `` Neither [ party ] has received everything , but both received much of what we think the American people need .
If we can keep that balance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The only thing that can pass is bipartisan .
This is bipartisan . ''
The current framework for the proposed $ 900 billion stimulus relief package includes $ 300-per-week in enhanced federal unemployment benefits and a continuance of a pause in student loan payments .
A national eviction moratorium and additional funds for the Paycheck Protection Program to eligible small businesses are also included .
An estimated $ 160 billion of the allocated funding in the bill would go to state and local governments to use at their discretion , along with $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 45 billion would be used for transportation projects across the U.S. , and $ 288 billion is set aside for small business cash injections .
`` This is the only relief bill that has a shot at passing ... any other partisan bill is just sending a message , '' Cassidy told CNN , adding he and the other bipartisan lawmakers will produce a `` detailed plan '' that `` moves beyond the framework '' in the coming week .
`` The pain of the American people is driving this , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders will come on board , '' he said , expressing more optimism McConnell and Trump will both support the final proposal .
Also speaking with ABC News Friday , Cassidy said with absolute certainty , `` the president will sign '' the bipartisan bill they produce in the coming days .
Newsweek reached out to Cassidy 's office for additional remarks Sunday morning .

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said he remains optimistic both chambers of Congress can pass a $900 billion bipartisan stimulus relief package this week. However, he noted that a federal check to struggling Americans will not be included in the current bill.
Cassidy told Fox News Sunday the bipartisan stimulus relief plan being hashed out by both Republicans and Democrats will not have any direct payments to Americans—a concession he said was necessary to appease cost-cutting conservative in the House and Senate. The GOP lawmaker is one of 10 senators crafting the package which he said is the "only" relief bill that can even make it to President Donald Trump's desk.
Cassidy pushed back on calling it a "stimulus bill," instead labeling it a "relief bill" in which there will be no direct account deposits similar to the $1,200 feature of March's CARES Act.
"There may be a stimulus check, but that would be part of a different piece of legislation," he said in his Fox News Sunday interview. He's working alongside Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to push a second sweeping coronavirus pandemic relief package through Congress as soon as possible.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing pressure to work with Democrats after he outright rejected the current $908 billion bipartisan stimulus proposal, which holds backing from Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A U.S. Labor Department report released Friday found employers added just 245,000 jobs last month, indicating a slow-down in the economic recovery.
In addition to Republican opposition to direct payments, Cassidy said "one of the sticking points" in the negotiations is over liability protections. Small businesses who want to remain open say they have concerns about being targeted by lawsuits from customers who contract COVID-19 in their establishments.
"There has to be some liability protection," Cassidy said, noting the government gave mixed messages about employees wearing protective masks in the first few weeks of the pandemic.
Cassidy earlier told CNN on Friday: "Neither [party] has received everything, but both received much of what we think the American people need. If we can keep that balance, we'll get it through. The only thing that can pass is bipartisan. This is bipartisan."
The current framework for the proposed $900 billion stimulus relief package includes $300-per-week in enhanced federal unemployment benefits and a continuance of a pause in student loan payments. A national eviction moratorium and additional funds for the Paycheck Protection Program to eligible small businesses are also included. An estimated $160 billion of the allocated funding in the bill would go to state and local governments to use at their discretion, along with $82 billion for education. And another $45 billion would be used for transportation projects across the U.S., and $288 billion is set aside for small business cash injections.
"This is the only relief bill that has a shot at passing ... any other partisan bill is just sending a message," Cassidy told CNN, adding he and the other bipartisan lawmakers will produce a "detailed plan" that "moves beyond the framework" in the coming week.
"The pain of the American people is driving this, and I'm optimistic that both of those leaders will come on board," he said, expressing more optimism McConnell and Trump will both support the final proposal.
Also speaking with ABC News Friday, Cassidy said with absolute certainty, "the president will sign" the bipartisan bill they produce in the coming days.
Newsweek reached out to Cassidy's office for additional remarks Sunday morning.


newsweek--2020-12-06--Democratic Senator Contests Bernie Sanders' Criticism of COVID Relief Bill: 'Just Not Accurate'

Virginia Senator Mark Warner pushed back against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ' critical evaluation of the latest coronavirus relief bill , which underwent months of slowed negotiations prior to its introduction last week .
`` Senator Sanders , respectfully , is not involved in these negotiations and his characterization is just not accurate , '' said Warner , a Democrat , during an interview with CNN 's Jake Tapper on the network 's State of the Union program Sunday morning .
A bipartisan group of senators , including Warner , recently introduced a proposed plan that aims to offset ongoing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The proposal suggests allocating $ 908 billion in federal funds to raise weekly unemployment benefits , subsidize state and local governments , and replenish resources offered to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program .
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin , a Democrat , unveiled details via Twitter about the bill last week .
Additional funding would support education , COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution , child care , rental housing assistance and a continued student loan moratorium .
Sanders , an independent , took issue with liability provisions included in the proposal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporary immunity from lawsuits related to the pandemic .
He also joined many others in criticizing its failure to provide Americans with direct stimulus payments in a statement issued Friday .
`` Given the enormous economic desperation facing working families in this country today , I will not be able to support the recently announced Manchin-Romney COVID proposal unless it is significantly improved , '' Sanders said in the statement .
Utah Senator Mitt Romney , a Republican , helped introduce the bipartisan bill last week alongside Manchin and their colleagues .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this proposal provides 100 % legal immunity to corporations whose irresponsibility has led to the deaths of hundreds of workers , '' Sanders continued .
He argued that liability provisions would `` encourage corporations to avoid implementing common sense safety standards needed to protect workers and consumers , '' and pose ongoing risks to employees going forward .
In response to Sanders ' criticism , Warner said Sunday morning : `` We are looking at trying to give some level of a 'time-out ' to allow states , if they want , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That part of the discussion is vigorous and ongoing .
`` And those who want the direct stimulus checks , that will be something that President-elect Biden will grapple with , '' he continued .
Discussions about another stimulus package have persisted for months , but reached a standstill ahead of the November election after congressional Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on key initiatives .
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly rebutted the bipartisan proposal last week and countered it with a stripped-down version , similar to the `` skinny '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Congress earlier this fall .
During earlier negotiations , McConnell said he would not support a relief bill that does not include liability protections for businesses , schools and other entities .
Newsweek reached out to Warner and Sanders ' offices for further comments , but did not receive replies in time for publication .

Virginia Senator Mark Warner pushed back against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' critical evaluation of the latest coronavirus relief bill, which underwent months of slowed negotiations prior to its introduction last week.
"Senator Sanders, respectfully, is not involved in these negotiations and his characterization is just not accurate," said Warner, a Democrat, during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on the network's State of the Union program Sunday morning.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner pushes back against Sen. Bernie Sanders' criticisms of the bipartisan Covid-19 relief proposal: “Sen. Sanders, respectfully, is not involved in these negotiations and his characterization is just not accurate” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/7muYW89sgF — State of the Union (@CNNSotu) December 6, 2020
A bipartisan group of senators, including Warner, recently introduced a proposed plan that aims to offset ongoing economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal suggests allocating $908 billion in federal funds to raise weekly unemployment benefits, subsidize state and local governments, and replenish resources offered to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, unveiled details via Twitter about the bill last week. Additional funding would support education, COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution, child care, rental housing assistance and a continued student loan moratorium.
Sanders, an independent, took issue with liability provisions included in the proposal, which offer businesses and other institutions temporary immunity from lawsuits related to the pandemic. He also joined many others in criticizing its failure to provide Americans with direct stimulus payments in a statement issued Friday.
"Given the enormous economic desperation facing working families in this country today, I will not be able to support the recently announced Manchin-Romney COVID proposal unless it is significantly improved," Sanders said in the statement.
Utah Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican, helped introduce the bipartisan bill last week alongside Manchin and their colleagues.
"Unfortunately, despite long-time Democratic opposition, this proposal provides 100% legal immunity to corporations whose irresponsibility has led to the deaths of hundreds of workers," Sanders continued. He argued that liability provisions would "encourage corporations to avoid implementing common sense safety standards needed to protect workers and consumers," and pose ongoing risks to employees going forward.
In response to Sanders' criticism, Warner said Sunday morning: "We are looking at trying to give some level of a 'time-out' to allow states, if they want, to put in place...COVID standards. That part of the discussion is vigorous and ongoing.
"And those who want the direct stimulus checks, that will be something that President-elect Biden will grapple with," he continued.
Democratic Congressman Mark Warner defended the latest COVID-19 relief proposal, in response to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' criticism, on Sunday morning. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) returns to the Senate floor following a recess in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on January 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Getty
Discussions about another stimulus package have persisted for months, but reached a standstill ahead of the November election after congressional Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on key initiatives.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly rebutted the bipartisan proposal last week and countered it with a stripped-down version, similar to the "skinny" relief proposals that failed to gain traction in Congress earlier this fall. During earlier negotiations, McConnell said he would not support a relief bill that does not include liability protections for businesses, schools and other entities.
Newsweek reached out to Warner and Sanders' offices for further comments, but did not receive replies in time for publication.


newsweek--2020-12-06--Kayleigh McEnany Urges Georgia Gov to Pressure His Sec of State Over Election With Budget Threat

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany urged Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to pressure his secretary of state , as the Republican incumbents slightly trailed behind their Democratic opponents in polling only a month from Georgia 's runoff elections .
`` You have the power to call in a special legislative session because right now if we lose these two Senate seats , guess who 's casting the deciding vote in this country for our government ?
It will be Kamala Harris , '' said McEnany during a Sunday interview with Fox News .
McEnany appeared on Fox in her personal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Newsweek Sunday afternoon .
`` Call for the special legislative session , '' the White House press secretary urged .
`` Governor Kemp can also threaten the budget of the secretary of state .
There is plenty he can do . ''
President Donald Trump previously urged Governor Kemp to convince the state legislature to overturn Joe Biden 's win and requested he mandate an audit of absentee ballot signatures .
McEnany called for a legislative session for the purpose of imposing a signature match .
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ special session to overturn the state 's election results `` would be then nullifying the will of the people , '' during a Sunday interview with ABC News .
In addition to the president , Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have previously criticized Raffensperger , claiming `` failures '' in the state 's election process without providing substantial evidence .
Georgia faces two runoff elections .
Their outcomes will determine Senate control that could either secure or diminish Democratic President-elect Joe Biden 's ability to get things done under his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seats going into the next Congress and Democrats have 48 .
In order to have a chance at controlling the upper chamber , the Democrats must win both seats open in Georgia 's runoff election .
Kamala Harris as vice president would break any ties .
With nearly a month to go before the critical runoffs , the George Senate Republicans trailed their Democrat opponents in a recent poll .
Democrat Raphael Warnock is ahead Loeffler by seven points—52 percent to 45 percent—according to a December 3 WXIA-TV poll .
The SurveyUSA pollsters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warnock 's advantage comes from Democrats refusing to vote for Loeffler .
About one percent of Democrats surveyed said they would vote for the Republican candidate , while 97 percent opted to support Warnock .
Loeffler has a slightly looser grip on Georgia Republicans , as 92 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for her .
Democrats were also polling ahead in the second runoff election between Jon Ossoff and Perdue .
According to the WXIA-TV poll , Ossoff has a narrow lead over Perdue by two points .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poll 's margin of error .
This article has been updated to include the emailed response from McEnany .

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany urged Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to pressure his secretary of state, as the Republican incumbents slightly trailed behind their Democratic opponents in polling only a month from Georgia's runoff elections.
"You have the power to call in a special legislative session because right now if we lose these two Senate seats, guess who's casting the deciding vote in this country for our government? It will be Kamala Harris," said McEnany during a Sunday interview with Fox News. McEnany appeared on Fox in her personal capacity, she noted in an email to Newsweek Sunday afternoon.
"Call for the special legislative session," the White House press secretary urged. "Governor Kemp can also threaten the budget of the secretary of state. There is plenty he can do."
Dead-ender Kayleigh McEnany yells at GA Gov. Kemp on Fox News: "You have the power to call in a special legislative session because right now if we lose these two Senate seats, guess whose casting the deciding vote in this country for our government? It will be Kamala Harris." pic.twitter.com/IW2o55ohWs — The Recount (@therecount) December 6, 2020
President Donald Trump previously urged Governor Kemp to convince the state legislature to overturn Joe Biden's win and requested he mandate an audit of absentee ballot signatures.
McEnany called for a legislative session for the purpose of imposing a signature match.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger responded to the president and said a special session to overturn the state's election results "would be then nullifying the will of the people," during a Sunday interview with ABC News.
In addition to the president, Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have previously criticized Raffensperger, claiming "failures" in the state's election process without providing substantial evidence.
Georgia faces two runoff elections. Their outcomes will determine Senate control that could either secure or diminish Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's ability to get things done under his upcoming administration.
Republicans have 50 Senate seats going into the next Congress and Democrats have 48. In order to have a chance at controlling the upper chamber, the Democrats must win both seats open in Georgia's runoff election. Kamala Harris as vice president would break any ties.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany urged Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to threaten his secretary of state ahead of the state's Senate runoff. McEnany is shown above speaking during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on November 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images/Getty
With nearly a month to go before the critical runoffs, the George Senate Republicans trailed their Democrat opponents in a recent poll.
Democrat Raphael Warnock is ahead Loeffler by seven points—52 percent to 45 percent—according to a December 3 WXIA-TV poll. The SurveyUSA pollsters, who conducted the survey, said Warnock's advantage comes from Democrats refusing to vote for Loeffler. About one percent of Democrats surveyed said they would vote for the Republican candidate, while 97 percent opted to support Warnock. Loeffler has a slightly looser grip on Georgia Republicans, as 92 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for her.
Democrats were also polling ahead in the second runoff election between Jon Ossoff and Perdue.
According to the WXIA-TV poll, Ossoff has a narrow lead over Perdue by two points. However, the Democrat's advantage was within the poll's margin of error.
This article has been updated to include the emailed response from McEnany.


newsweek--2020-12-06--The Most Iconic Building in Every State

The Most Iconic Building in Every State

Each state in the country has bragging rights to iconic buildings , many often highlighting its past and present .
From the colonial homesteads of New England to the frontier towns of the West , America 's buildings trace the country 's history , regional differences , and the enduring influence of the people who made the continent their home long before the arrival of the Europeans .
New York City 's skyscrapers celebrated the drive of its commercial heart .
The mansions along the Atlantic seaboard , in Newport , Rhode Island and Miami , drew inspiration from French @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unique to America and became attractions themselves .
Other museums in the Midwest honored the region 's pioneering settlers and the farms that they created .
A house in Alaska is a reminder that Russia was once a colonial power in North America , while a pueblo in the Southwest remains a living community .
A high school in Little Rock , Arkansas , recalls the determined group of African American teenagers willing to put their safety at risk to integrate the building and get an education alongside their white contemporaries .
Stacker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historical and government records and news articles .
Some are grand—a statehouse modeled on a Roman temple and a skyscraper reminiscent of the Washington Monument .
Others are modest , like a tiny church in the woods , or deserted , like a hotel in a ghost town emptied when the gold rush ended .
You 'll find people 's homes , national monuments , corporate headquarters , theaters and museums , and government centers in the mix .
Some of the buildings are in cities , others in the country .
Some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ordinary people .
Some serve as memorials , while others are whimsical .
Take a look through the slideshow and find the building that salutes your state .
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The main house , a white clapboard , was built by her grandfather in 1820 .
Nearby there is a birthplace cottage , which is where Helen Keller later lived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two buildings is the well where Keller , who was deaf and blind , made her breakthrough in communicating with Sullivan .
The Russian Bishop 's House in Sitka , Alaska , is a rare example of Russian colonial architecture in North America .
Dating to 1842 , toward the end of Russia 's colonization of the Pacific Coast , it was the center of a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church .
The National Park Service took over the house in 1973 and restored it .
The Arizona Biltmore , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designed by Albert Chase McArthur , a student of Frank Lloyd Wright , who for a short time collaborated on the project .
The hotel was built of `` Biltmore Block , '' made from desert sand and inspired by palm tree trunks .
Its Catalina Pool is reported to have been a favorite of Marilyn Monroe .
Nine African American students desegregated the high school in 1957 , after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were illegal .
The Little Rock Nine , as they became known , had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were met by an angry mob and the state 's National Guard .
Photographs of the students arriving at the high school under heavy guard were seen around the country in Life magazine .
This is the only operating high school in the country that has been designated a National Historic Site .
Designed by architect Richard Meier , the Getty Center looks over Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean from the Santa Monica Mountains .
Its 1.2 million square feet of beige-colored travertine stone came from Italy and its central garden changes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which opened in 1997 , houses the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum , including European paintings , illuminated manuscripts , American and international photographs , and sculpture .
You may also like : U.S. Air Force history from the year you were born The Brown Palace Hotel , which opened in 1892 in Denver , features 26 stone-carved medallions on its exterior that show Colorado 's animals .
Commissioned by Henry Cordes Brown , a real estate developer , and designed by architect Frank E. Edbrooke , it was built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Arizona in the Italian Renaissance style .
Inside there is onyx from Mexico and intricate iron grillwork .
It was the second fireproof building in the country .
Constructed in 1949 by architect Philip Johnson , overlooking a pond in New Canaan , Connecticut , the Glass House lives up to its name : exterior walls of glass and no interior walls .
It brought the International Style and its use of steel , glass and concrete to American houses .
Today it is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with 14 other structures .
Alfred I. duPont had the Nemours Mansion built for his second wife Alicia on 3,000 acres in Wilmington , Delaware .
It was designed in a late 18th-century French style by Carrere and Hastings , a New York architectural firm .
The name has its roots in the family 's history .
Nemours was the French town that duPont 's great-great-grandfather represented in the French Estates General .
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach sits on 22 acres of oceanfront in Florida , designed for hotelier Ben Novack by architect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the heart of Millionaire 's Row with a 17,000-square-foot lobby , its signature `` Stairway to Nowhere , '' six acres of gardens inspired by Versailles , and a roster of celebrities including Elvis Presley and Lucille Ball .
Originally intended to be the headquarters for the Shriners organization in Atlanta , the Fox Theatre was inspired by the Alhambra in Spain and the Temple of Karnak in Egypt .
It boasted minarets and arches , with gold leaf and trompe l'oeil inside .
But before it was completed , `` The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Shriners .
The organization signed a lease to share the building with William Fox , who was building theaters across the country for the new movies capturing Americans ' imaginations .
Fox Theatre opened on Christmas Day in 1929 , showing `` Steamboat Willie , '' Disney 's first Mickey Mouse cartoon .
It houses the second-largest theater organ in the world , a Möller organ called `` Mighty Mo . ''
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The only royal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current Iolani Palace in Honolulu was the residence of Hawaiian monarchs .
Its cornerstone was laid in 1874 .
The palace , which was designed with electric lights , indoor plumbing , and a telephone , was home to the last ruling monarchs of Hawaii , King Kalakaua and his sister Queen Liliuokalani , who succeeded him when he died in 1891 .
She was overthrown and then imprisoned for nearly eight months in the palace .
Its style is uniquely Hawaiian and is referred to as American Florentine .
Built by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the early 1850s , Cataldo 's Mission of the Sacred Heart is the oldest building in Idaho , as well as one of the most fascinating .
The interior is a triumph of folk art , boasting altars painted to mimic Italian marble and chandeliers wrought from tin cans .
A virtual time capsule , the church has managed to avoid renovations throughout the years and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
A recent addition to the Chicago skyline , the Aqua skyscraper is notable for wave-like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city 's landmarks around corners and through the gaps between existing buildings .
Completed in 2009 , it stands at 876 feet and has 82 stories .
Designed by the Studio Gang , it encompasses a hotel , apartments , condominiums , and one of Chicago 's largest green roofs .
The West Baden Springs Hotel opened in French Lick , Indiana , in 1902 , replacing a smaller one that had been destroyed in a fire .
It was designed with a 200-foot atrium and a fireplace that burned 14-foot logs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ springs in the area , it was meant to evoke Baden-Baden , the spa town in southwestern Germany with its famous thermal baths .
After the stock market crashed in 1929 , the hotel gradually fell into disrepair until it was restored in the mid-2000s .
The Figge Art Museum in Davenport , Iowa , is housed in a glass building on the banks of the Mississippi River that was designed by British architect David Chipperfield .
The museum grew out of the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery , which formed in 1925 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other American regionalist artists .
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It showcases permanent and traveling exhibits , primarily from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City , with which it has a partnership .
The exterior of the building conjures up the prairie fires that are central to farming in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and jagged shapes meant to bring flames to mind .
Churchill Downs , the home of the Kentucky Derby , opened in 1875 .
Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark had attended Epsom Derby in England and wanted to develop a racetrack to showcase Kentucky breeders .
Today Churchill Downs sits on 147 acres and is recognizable by the twin spires on top of the grandstand .
A French Quarter landmark with its triple steeples , the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis , King of France , overlooks Jackson Square in New Orleans .
The third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the oldest Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States and contains the remains of eight New Orleans bishops .
The colonial home of the author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was built in Portland , Maine , by Longfellow 's grandfather , an officer in the Revolutionary War , in the mid-1700s .
Longfellow grew up in the house and wrote his poem `` The Rainy Day '' in a small room behind the parlor .
The house was bequeathed to the Maine Historical Society after the death of Longfellow 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ memorial .
Almost all of the household items on display in the house belonged to the Wadsworth and Longfellow families .
An earthen forerunner of Fort McHenry was built in Baltimore during the Revolutionary War , but the British never attacked the city .
Construction on Fort McHenry , named after the third Secretary of War James McHenry , began in 1798 .
When the British did attack the fort during the War of 1812 , the sight of the American flag flying prompted Francis Scott Key to compose `` The Star-Spangled Banner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test ?
Boston 's Faneuil Hall , rich in American history , is the `` cradle of liberty '' where Samuel Adams and others protested Great Britain 's taxation without representation .
The red brick building was designed in 1742 as a marketplace and meeting hall , and financed by Peter Faneuil , the son of French Huguenots and a wealthy merchant who traded not only commodities but also African slaves .
It was rebuilt after a fire , expanded in the early 1800s , and drew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
John F. Kennedy 's last campaign speech during the 1960 presidential race was televised from this location .
Detroit 's art deco-styled Fisher Building , designed by architect Albert Khan , is made almost entirely of granite and more than 40 different kinds of marble .
Its 441-foot tower was originally covered in gold leaf tile , but it was later replaced with green terra cotta .
The building , completed in 1928 , was constructed by the Fisher brothers to serve as the headquarters for their auto body company .
Modeled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tower was finished in 1929 .
Wilbur Foshay had made his fortune in utility companies , and for the dedication of the art deco building in Minneapolis , John Philip Sousa wrote the Foshay Tower march .
But only weeks after the opening , the stock market crashed , bringing on the Great Depression , and Foshay 's check to Sousa bounced .
Sousa would not allow the piece to be played until the debt was settled .
Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson , Mississippi , in 1963 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the first field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and led voter registration drives and boycotts .
The home has been turned into a museum and looks as it did when he lived there with his wife Myrlie and their family .
After World War I ended , the people of Kansas City , Missouri , raised money for a Liberty Memorial in honor of those who had served in the war .
In 1921 , the five supreme Allied commanders came together to dedicate the site for the memorial , an Egyptian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later .
Congress named it an official World War I Museum in 2004 .
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It was the site of Montana 's first major gold discovery in 1862 , setting off a gold rush , and it was the first territorial capital .
But it emptied as the value of the gold dropped and miners moved out of the area .
The mission of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nebraska is to preserve the spirit of the pioneers who built the first towns in Nebraska .
The Stuhr Building , designed by Edward Durell Stone , the architect of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , sits on 207 acres and in 2015 underwent a $ 7.4 million renovation .
Exhibits include collections of Native American and Old West memorabilia , antique farm machinery , and railroad cars .
Built in the shape of the pyramids of Egypt , and named after the ancient Egyptian city , the hotel opened in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 4,000 rooms .
Other Egyptian touches include a life-sized reproduction of the tomb of King Tutankhamen and a replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza .
Franklin Pierce , the country 's 14th president , lived here from infancy until his marriage in 1834 .
Built by his father Benjamin in 1804 , the two-story frame and clapboard house in Hillsborough , New Hampshire , is now a state park and a national historical site , and includes a formal ballroom on the second floor .
Benjamin Pierce trained county militia in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ curved table used by the state legislature when Franklin Pierce was the speaker .
During the winter of 1779 to 1780 , then-Gen. George Washington used the Ford Mansion in Morristown , New Jersey , as his headquarters .
The mansion is a Georgian style home built in the early 1770s for Jacob Ford Jr. , an iron manufacturer .
He died in 1777 , but his widow , Theodosia , allowed George and Martha Washington , plus their aides and servants , to take over the house for six months .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house , it was donated to the National Park Service in 1933 .
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The Taos settlement in northern New Mexico is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States , with the main part probably dating to between 1000 and 1450 .
About 150 people live here full time today .
Made of adobe—earth mixed with water and straw—the pueblo consists of Hlauuma , the north house , and Hlaukwima , the south @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homes had no doors or windows , only entrances at the top .
The pueblo 's church , the San Geronimo Chapel , replaced an original church destroyed in 1847 during the Mexican-American War .
Its 185-foot art deco spire makes the Chrysler Building instantly recognizable in the New York City skyline .
It was erected at the end of the Roaring '20s when developers were vying for the title of tallest skyscraper .
It beat out the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building after architect William Van Alen had the spire assembled in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place after the trust building was completed .
The victory was short-lived : The Empire State Building eclipsed the Chrysler Building 11 months later in April 1931 .
This Biltmore in the Blue Ridge Mountains was the Asheville , North Carolina , country home of George and Edith Vanderbilt—a 250-room French Renaissance chateau , the construction of which began in 1889 .
When it was finished in 1895 , it had 35 bedrooms , 43 bathrooms , and 65 fireplaces .
During World War II , the estate was used to store historic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gallery of Art .
As part of Vanderbilt 's initial plan , though one he did not live to experience , The Inn on Biltmore Estate opened to guests in 2001 , and has continued to expand .
The 15-acre farm in Mooreton , North Dakota , is one of the last remaining bonanza farms in the United States .
Gigantic bonanza farms in North Dakota made large amounts of money and ranged in size from 3,000 acres to more than 75,000 acres .
Wheat was the only crop .
The Bagg farm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The former headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Co. is fittingly built in the shape of a giant basket .
The seven-story building , which opened in 1997 in Newark , Ohio , is a replica of the company 's medium market basket , but it became vacant when Longaberger went out of business in 2018 .
It is to become a luxury hotel .
You may also like : Baby names that have faded into obscurity Frank Lloyd Wright built Price Tower in Bartlesville , Oklahoma , for Harold Price as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The building originally was designed to be New York City apartments , but was never constructed there because of the Great Depression .
Wright nicknamed the building `` The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest , '' a reference to its escape from Manhattan .
The courthouse is a three-story building in Portland , Oregon , designed in the Italianate style .
It was completed in 1875 , the second-oldest federal courthouse west of the Mississippi River .
With the completion of the new Gus J. Solomon Courthouse in 1933 , the federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Congress authorized its demolition .
But the Pioneer Courthouse was spared , restored in the 1970s and is again being used as a courthouse .
Frank Lloyd Wright 's masterpiece in southwestern Pennsylvania , Fallingwater is cantilevered over a waterfall on Bear Run , an example of Wright 's architecture fitting organically into its surroundings .
The house was a weekend home in Mill Run , Pennsylvania , for the family of Edgar Kaufmann Sr. , the owner of the Kaufmann 's Department Store in Pittsburgh .
The Kaufmanns were expecting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to enjoy a view of them .
The Breakers , the most impressive of the so-called summer `` cottages '' in Newport , Rhode Island , was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II , the president of the New York Central Railroad and grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , who made the family fortune .
The Italian Renaissance-style palazzo consists of 70 rooms and was based on palaces constructed in the 16th century in Genoa and Turin , Italy .
Vanderbilt 's youngest daughter opened The Breakers in 1948 to raise money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which now owns the home .
The military college in Charleston , South Carolina , is known for the two-story Romanesque building that was designed by architect Frederick Wesner and became known as The Citadel .
It was erected in 1829 , with an interior courtyard with Doric columns and Roman arches .
Wesner 's design might have been inspired by the Jacques-Louis David painting , `` The Oath of the Horatii . ''
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The current Moorish Revival building was completed in 1921 as a place for residents to celebrate the harvest with a fall festival and entertainment .
Its most distinctive features are its corn murals , yearly designs of grass and corn around such themes as `` Mother Goose Rhymes , '' `` Rock of Ages , '' and `` Salute to Rodeo , '' which spanned two years because of a severe drought .
The AT & T Building in Nashville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , got its nickname because it looks like Batman 's mask .
Dick Miller , designer and the senior architect at Earl Swensson Associates , did not anticipate the reaction to the building , because the resemblance to the superhero was not apparent on a small model , as he told the Nashville Business Journal .
It is the tallest office building in Nashville and has a three-story winter garden .
The Romanesque Revival-style building in downtown Dallas is notorious as the location from which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated .
Lee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sixth floor on Nov. 23 , 1963 .
At the time , the building was leased by the Texas School Book Depository Company , which fulfilled orders for school books .
For the following 25 years , the floor was closed to the public .
Today , the renamed Dallas County Administration Building is used for offices , except for the sixth floor , which has become the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza .
The Salt Lake Temple , notable for its spires and statue of the angel Moroni , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
It is the church 's largest temple , and took 40 years to build , with walls 9 feet thick at the base .
Groundbreaking took place in 1853 .
Sharing Temple Square is the Tabernacle , home to The Tabernacle Choir .
Robert Frost wrote `` Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening '' at the dining room table of the stone house in Shaftsbury , Vermont , in June 1922 .
He lived here for nine years .
The Dutch Colonial , built in 1769 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walls and some of Frost 's heirloom apple trees .
Bennington College took ownership of the house , now a museum , in 2017 .
You may also like : Most popular dog breeds that do n't shed The state capitol in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau , and was based on the Maison Carrée , a Roman temple in Nîmes , France .
The state 's General Assembly first met there in 1788 .
A life-sized , marble statue of George Washington stands in the rotunda , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also on display .
Seattle 's Space Needle was built for the 1962 World 's Fair , the theme of which was `` The Age of Space . ''
One of the fair 's organizers , Edward E. Carlson , had been inspired by a broadcast tower that he saw while on a trip to Stuttgart , Germany , and wanted something similar for the fair .
He named the structure , which stands at 605 feet .
From the top , visitors look out over downtown Seattle , Mount Rainier , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Olympic mountain ranges .
West Virginia : Our Lady of the Pines The tiny Roman Catholic church bills itself as the smallest church in 48 states .
Built in 1958 near the community of Eglon , West Virginia , it is 12 feet by 24 feet , with room for about a dozen people .
There are three small pews on each side of the center aisle .
It was built by a couple as a memorial to their parents .
The 86-foot Cana Island Lighthouse was built along the shores of Lake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became automated in 1944 .
The lighthouse tower opened to the public in 2008 , and visitors can climb the 102 steps to the catwalk .
The Door County island can be reached by a short walk across a causeway .
Established in 1893 , the Sheridan Inn was partly owned by Col. William F. Cody , aka Buffalo Bill , who auditioned new members for his `` Wild West '' show from its front porch .
It was financed by the Burlington Missouri Railroad and the Sheridan Land Company , and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had visited in Scotland .
Today each of the 22 rooms feature Buffalo Bill or key people from his life .
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Each state in the country has bragging rights to iconic buildings, many often highlighting its past and present.
From the colonial homesteads of New England to the frontier towns of the West, America's buildings trace the country's history, regional differences, and the enduring influence of the people who made the continent their home long before the arrival of the Europeans.
New York City's skyscrapers celebrated the drive of its commercial heart. The mansions along the Atlantic seaboard, in Newport, Rhode Island and Miami, drew inspiration from French chateaus. Museums gathered collections of art unique to America and became attractions themselves. Other museums in the Midwest honored the region's pioneering settlers and the farms that they created.
A house in Alaska is a reminder that Russia was once a colonial power in North America, while a pueblo in the Southwest remains a living community. A high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls the determined group of African American teenagers willing to put their safety at risk to integrate the building and get an education alongside their white contemporaries.
Stacker compiled this list of iconic buildings from historical and government records and news articles. Some are grand—a statehouse modeled on a Roman temple and a skyscraper reminiscent of the Washington Monument. Others are modest, like a tiny church in the woods, or deserted, like a hotel in a ghost town emptied when the gold rush ended.
You'll find people's homes, national monuments, corporate headquarters, theaters and museums, and government centers in the mix. Some of the buildings are in cities, others in the country. Some represent the levers of power; others, ordinary people. Some serve as memorials, while others are whimsical.
Take a look through the slideshow and find the building that salutes your state.
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Alabama: Ivy Green
Ivy Green, the childhood home of Helen Keller, is on 640 acres in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The main house, a white clapboard, was built by her grandfather in 1820. Nearby there is a birthplace cottage, which is where Helen Keller later lived with her teacher Anne Sullivan. Between the two buildings is the well where Keller, who was deaf and blind, made her breakthrough in communicating with Sullivan.
S. Weatherley / Shutterstock
Alaska: Russian Bishop's House
The Russian Bishop's House in Sitka, Alaska, is a rare example of Russian colonial architecture in North America. Dating to 1842, toward the end of Russia's colonization of the Pacific Coast, it was the center of a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The National Park Service took over the house in 1973 and restored it.
Jim Heimann Collection//Getty
Arizona: Arizona Biltmore
The Arizona Biltmore, which opened in 1929 in Phoenix, was designed by Albert Chase McArthur, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, who for a short time collaborated on the project. The hotel was built of "Biltmore Block," made from desert sand and inspired by palm tree trunks. Its Catalina Pool is reported to have been a favorite of Marilyn Monroe.
Paul Natkin/Getty
Arkansas: Little Rock Central High School
Nine African American students desegregated the high school in 1957, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were illegal. The Little Rock Nine, as they became known, had to be escorted by federal troops after they were met by an angry mob and the state's National Guard. Photographs of the students arriving at the high school under heavy guard were seen around the country in Life magazine. This is the only operating high school in the country that has been designated a National Historic Site.
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California: The Getty Center
Designed by architect Richard Meier, the Getty Center looks over Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean from the Santa Monica Mountains. Its 1.2 million square feet of beige-colored travertine stone came from Italy and its central garden changes with the seasons. The center, which opened in 1997, houses the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, including European paintings, illuminated manuscripts, American and international photographs, and sculpture.
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Colorado: The Brown Palace Hotel
The Brown Palace Hotel, which opened in 1892 in Denver, features 26 stone-carved medallions on its exterior that show Colorado's animals. Commissioned by Henry Cordes Brown, a real estate developer, and designed by architect Frank E. Edbrooke, it was built of red granite from Colorado and sandstone from Arizona in the Italian Renaissance style. Inside there is onyx from Mexico and intricate iron grillwork. It was the second fireproof building in the country.
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Connecticut: The Glass House
Constructed in 1949 by architect Philip Johnson, overlooking a pond in New Canaan, Connecticut, the Glass House lives up to its name: exterior walls of glass and no interior walls. It brought the International Style and its use of steel, glass and concrete to American houses. Today it is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is part of a 49-acre campus with 14 other structures.
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Delaware: Nemours Mansion
Alfred I. duPont had the Nemours Mansion built for his second wife Alicia on 3,000 acres in Wilmington, Delaware. It was designed in a late 18th-century French style by Carrere and Hastings, a New York architectural firm. The name has its roots in the family's history. Nemours was the French town that duPont's great-great-grandfather represented in the French Estates General.
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Florida: Fontainebleau Miami Beach
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach sits on 22 acres of oceanfront in Florida, designed for hotelier Ben Novack by architect Morris Lapidus. It opened in 1954 in the heart of Millionaire's Row with a 17,000-square-foot lobby, its signature "Stairway to Nowhere," six acres of gardens inspired by Versailles, and a roster of celebrities including Elvis Presley and Lucille Ball.
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Georgia: Fox Theatre
Originally intended to be the headquarters for the Shriners organization in Atlanta, the Fox Theatre was inspired by the Alhambra in Spain and the Temple of Karnak in Egypt. It boasted minarets and arches, with gold leaf and trompe l'oeil inside. But before it was completed, "The Fabulous Fox" became too expensive for the Shriners. The organization signed a lease to share the building with William Fox, who was building theaters across the country for the new movies capturing Americans' imaginations. Fox Theatre opened on Christmas Day in 1929, showing "Steamboat Willie," Disney's first Mickey Mouse cartoon. It houses the second-largest theater organ in the world, a Möller organ called "Mighty Mo."
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Hawaii: Iolani Palace
The only royal palace in the United States, the current Iolani Palace in Honolulu was the residence of Hawaiian monarchs. Its cornerstone was laid in 1874. The palace, which was designed with electric lights, indoor plumbing, and a telephone, was home to the last ruling monarchs of Hawaii, King Kalakaua and his sister Queen Liliuokalani, who succeeded him when he died in 1891. She was overthrown and then imprisoned for nearly eight months in the palace. Its style is uniquely Hawaiian and is referred to as American Florentine.
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Idaho: Mission of the Sacred Heart
Built by the Jesuits for the local Coeur d'Alene tribe in the early 1850s, Cataldo's Mission of the Sacred Heart is the oldest building in Idaho, as well as one of the most fascinating. The interior is a triumph of folk art, boasting altars painted to mimic Italian marble and chandeliers wrought from tin cans. A virtual time capsule, the church has managed to avoid renovations throughout the years and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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Illinois: Aqua Tower
A recent addition to the Chicago skyline, the Aqua skyscraper is notable for wave-like balconies meant to offer views of the city's landmarks around corners and through the gaps between existing buildings. Completed in 2009, it stands at 876 feet and has 82 stories. Designed by the Studio Gang, it encompasses a hotel, apartments, condominiums, and one of Chicago's largest green roofs.
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Indiana: West Baden Springs Hotel
The West Baden Springs Hotel opened in French Lick, Indiana, in 1902, replacing a smaller one that had been destroyed in a fire. It was designed with a 200-foot atrium and a fireplace that burned 14-foot logs. Designed to take advantage of the mineral springs in the area, it was meant to evoke Baden-Baden, the spa town in southwestern Germany with its famous thermal baths. After the stock market crashed in 1929, the hotel gradually fell into disrepair until it was restored in the mid-2000s.
Iowa: Figge Art Museum
The Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, is housed in a glass building on the banks of the Mississippi River that was designed by British architect David Chipperfield. The museum grew out of the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, which formed in 1925. The collection includes works by Grant Wood and other American regionalist artists.
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Kansas: Museum at Prairiefire
The Museum at Prairiefire in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in 2014 as the centerpiece of a 60-acre development of homes, commercial buildings, and entertainment venues. It showcases permanent and traveling exhibits, primarily from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, with which it has a partnership. The exterior of the building conjures up the prairie fires that are central to farming in Kansas, with a combination of colors and jagged shapes meant to bring flames to mind.
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Kentucky: Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, opened in 1875. Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark had attended Epsom Derby in England and wanted to develop a racetrack to showcase Kentucky breeders. Today Churchill Downs sits on 147 acres and is recognizable by the twin spires on top of the grandstand.
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Louisiana: St. Louis Cathedral
A French Quarter landmark with its triple steeples, the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, overlooks Jackson Square in New Orleans. The third church on the square, it is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States and contains the remains of eight New Orleans bishops.
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Maine: Wadsworth-Longfellow House
The colonial home of the author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was built in Portland, Maine, by Longfellow's grandfather, an officer in the Revolutionary War, in the mid-1700s. Longfellow grew up in the house and wrote his poem "The Rainy Day" in a small room behind the parlor. The house was bequeathed to the Maine Historical Society after the death of Longfellow's younger sister, to serve as a memorial. Almost all of the household items on display in the house belonged to the Wadsworth and Longfellow families.
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Maryland: Fort McHenry
An earthen forerunner of Fort McHenry was built in Baltimore during the Revolutionary War, but the British never attacked the city. Construction on Fort McHenry, named after the third Secretary of War James McHenry, began in 1798. When the British did attack the fort during the War of 1812, the sight of the American flag flying prompted Francis Scott Key to compose "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Massachusetts: Faneuil Hall
Boston's Faneuil Hall, rich in American history, is the "cradle of liberty" where Samuel Adams and others protested Great Britain's taxation without representation. The red brick building was designed in 1742 as a marketplace and meeting hall, and financed by Peter Faneuil, the son of French Huguenots and a wealthy merchant who traded not only commodities but also African slaves. It was rebuilt after a fire, expanded in the early 1800s, and drew abolitionists, suffragists, and labor unions. John F. Kennedy's last campaign speech during the 1960 presidential race was televised from this location.
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Michigan: Fisher Building
Detroit's art deco-styled Fisher Building, designed by architect Albert Khan, is made almost entirely of granite and more than 40 different kinds of marble. Its 441-foot tower was originally covered in gold leaf tile, but it was later replaced with green terra cotta. The building, completed in 1928, was constructed by the Fisher brothers to serve as the headquarters for their auto body company.
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Minnesota: Foshay Tower
Modeled after the Washington Monument, the Foshay Tower was finished in 1929. Wilbur Foshay had made his fortune in utility companies, and for the dedication of the art deco building in Minneapolis, John Philip Sousa wrote the Foshay Tower march. But only weeks after the opening, the stock market crashed, bringing on the Great Depression, and Foshay's check to Sousa bounced. Sousa would not allow the piece to be played until the debt was settled.
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Mississippi: Medgar Evers Home Museum
Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963. A noted civil rights organizer, he was the first field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and led voter registration drives and boycotts. The home has been turned into a museum and looks as it did when he lived there with his wife Myrlie and their family.
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Missouri: National World War I Museum and Memorial
After World War I ended, the people of Kansas City, Missouri, raised money for a Liberty Memorial in honor of those who had served in the war. In 1921, the five supreme Allied commanders came together to dedicate the site for the memorial, an Egyptian Revival-style monument that was finished five years later. Congress named it an official World War I Museum in 2004.
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Montana: Hotel Meade
Hotel Meade and more than 50 other buildings make up the ghost town of Bannack. It was the site of Montana's first major gold discovery in 1862, setting off a gold rush, and it was the first territorial capital. But it emptied as the value of the gold dropped and miners moved out of the area.
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Nebraska: Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
The mission of this living history museum in Grand Island, Nebraska is to preserve the spirit of the pioneers who built the first towns in Nebraska. The Stuhr Building, designed by Edward Durell Stone, the architect of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, sits on 207 acres and in 2015 underwent a $7.4 million renovation. Exhibits include collections of Native American and Old West memorabilia, antique farm machinery, and railroad cars.
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Nevada: Luxor Las Vegas
Built in the shape of the pyramids of Egypt, and named after the ancient Egyptian city, the hotel opened in Las Vegas in 1993 and has more than 4,000 rooms. Other Egyptian touches include a life-sized reproduction of the tomb of King Tutankhamen and a replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
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New Hampshire: Franklin Pierce Homestead
Franklin Pierce, the country's 14th president, lived here from infancy until his marriage in 1834. Built by his father Benjamin in 1804, the two-story frame and clapboard house in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, is now a state park and a national historical site, and includes a formal ballroom on the second floor. Benjamin Pierce trained county militia in the room, which now features a curved table used by the state legislature when Franklin Pierce was the speaker.
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New Jersey: Ford Mansion and Washington's Headquarters Museum
During the winter of 1779 to 1780, then-Gen. George Washington used the Ford Mansion in Morristown, New Jersey, as his headquarters. The mansion is a Georgian style home built in the early 1770s for Jacob Ford Jr., an iron manufacturer. He died in 1777, but his widow, Theodosia, allowed George and Martha Washington, plus their aides and servants, to take over the house for six months. One of the earliest museums centered in a house, it was donated to the National Park Service in 1933.
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New Mexico: Taos Pueblo
The Taos settlement in northern New Mexico is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States, with the main part probably dating to between 1000 and 1450. About 150 people live here full time today. Made of adobe—earth mixed with water and straw—the pueblo consists of Hlauuma, the north house, and Hlaukwima, the south house. At one time, the homes had no doors or windows, only entrances at the top. The pueblo's church, the San Geronimo Chapel, replaced an original church destroyed in 1847 during the Mexican-American War.
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New York: Chrysler Building
Its 185-foot art deco spire makes the Chrysler Building instantly recognizable in the New York City skyline. It was erected at the end of the Roaring '20s when developers were vying for the title of tallest skyscraper. It beat out the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building after architect William Van Alen had the spire assembled in secret inside the building and hoisted into place after the trust building was completed. The victory was short-lived: The Empire State Building eclipsed the Chrysler Building 11 months later in April 1931.
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North Carolina: Biltmore
This Biltmore in the Blue Ridge Mountains was the Asheville, North Carolina, country home of George and Edith Vanderbilt—a 250-room French Renaissance chateau, the construction of which began in 1889. When it was finished in 1895, it had 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces. During World War II, the estate was used to store historic artwork from Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art. As part of Vanderbilt's initial plan, though one he did not live to experience, The Inn on Biltmore Estate opened to guests in 2001, and has continued to expand.
North Dakota: Bagg Bonanza Farm
The 15-acre farm in Mooreton, North Dakota, is one of the last remaining bonanza farms in the United States. Gigantic bonanza farms in North Dakota made large amounts of money and ranged in size from 3,000 acres to more than 75,000 acres. Wheat was the only crop. The Bagg farm features a fully restored 21-bedroom main house.
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Ohio: Longaberger Basket Building
The former headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Co. is fittingly built in the shape of a giant basket. The seven-story building, which opened in 1997 in Newark, Ohio, is a replica of the company's medium market basket, but it became vacant when Longaberger went out of business in 2018. It is to become a luxury hotel.
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Oklahoma: Price Tower
Frank Lloyd Wright built Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for Harold Price as a headquarters for his pipeline construction company. The building originally was designed to be New York City apartments, but was never constructed there because of the Great Depression. Wright nicknamed the building "The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest," a reference to its escape from Manhattan.
Oregon: Pioneer Courthouse
The courthouse is a three-story building in Portland, Oregon, designed in the Italianate style. It was completed in 1875, the second-oldest federal courthouse west of the Mississippi River. With the completion of the new Gus J. Solomon Courthouse in 1933, the federal government began trying to sell the building and Congress authorized its demolition. But the Pioneer Courthouse was spared, restored in the 1970s and is again being used as a courthouse.
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Pennsylvania: Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece in southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater is cantilevered over a waterfall on Bear Run, an example of Wright's architecture fitting organically into its surroundings. The house was a weekend home in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, for the family of Edgar Kaufmann Sr., the owner of the Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh. The Kaufmanns were expecting to build their house across from the falls in order to enjoy a view of them.
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Rhode Island: The Breakers
The Breakers, the most impressive of the so-called summer "cottages" in Newport, Rhode Island, was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the president of the New York Central Railroad and grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who made the family fortune. The Italian Renaissance-style palazzo consists of 70 rooms and was based on palaces constructed in the 16th century in Genoa and Turin, Italy. Vanderbilt's youngest daughter opened The Breakers in 1948 to raise money for The Preservation Society of Newport County, which now owns the home.
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South Carolina: The Citadel
The military college in Charleston, South Carolina, is known for the two-story Romanesque building that was designed by architect Frederick Wesner and became known as The Citadel. It was erected in 1829, with an interior courtyard with Doric columns and Roman arches. Wesner's design might have been inspired by the Jacques-Louis David painting, "The Oath of the Horatii."
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South Dakota: Mitchell Corn Palace
The first Mitchell, South Dakota, Corn Palace was constructed in 1892 to prove agriculture could thrive in the state's climate. The current Moorish Revival building was completed in 1921 as a place for residents to celebrate the harvest with a fall festival and entertainment. Its most distinctive features are its corn murals, yearly designs of grass and corn around such themes as "Mother Goose Rhymes," "Rock of Ages," and "Salute to Rodeo," which spanned two years because of a severe drought.
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Tennessee: Batman Building
The AT&T Building in Nashville, Tennessee, built in the 1990s, got its nickname because it looks like Batman's mask. Dick Miller, designer and the senior architect at Earl Swensson Associates, did not anticipate the reaction to the building, because the resemblance to the superhero was not apparent on a small model, as he told the Nashville Business Journal. It is the tallest office building in Nashville and has a three-story winter garden.
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Texas: Former Texas School Book Depository
The Romanesque Revival-style building in downtown Dallas is notorious as the location from which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Lee Harvey Oswald fired on the president from the sixth floor on Nov. 23, 1963. At the time, the building was leased by the Texas School Book Depository Company, which fulfilled orders for school books. For the following 25 years, the floor was closed to the public. Today, the renamed Dallas County Administration Building is used for offices, except for the sixth floor, which has become the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
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Utah: Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple, notable for its spires and statue of the angel Moroni, is an international symbol of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the church's largest temple, and took 40 years to build, with walls 9 feet thick at the base. Groundbreaking took place in 1853. Sharing Temple Square is the Tabernacle, home to The Tabernacle Choir.
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Vermont: Robert Frost Stone House Museum
Robert Frost wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" at the dining room table of the stone house in Shaftsbury, Vermont, in June 1922. He lived here for nine years. The Dutch Colonial, built in 1769, sits on 7 acres with stone walls and some of Frost's heirloom apple trees. Bennington College took ownership of the house, now a museum, in 2017.
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Virginia: Virginia State Capitol
The state capitol in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau, and was based on the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nîmes, France. The state's General Assembly first met there in 1788. A life-sized, marble statue of George Washington stands in the rotunda, and a bust of the Marquis de Lafayette is also on display.
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Washington: Space Needle
Seattle's Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair, the theme of which was "The Age of Space." One of the fair's organizers, Edward E. Carlson, had been inspired by a broadcast tower that he saw while on a trip to Stuttgart, Germany, and wanted something similar for the fair. He named the structure, which stands at 605 feet. From the top, visitors look out over downtown Seattle, Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, and the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges.
West Virginia: Our Lady of the Pines
The tiny Roman Catholic church bills itself as the smallest church in 48 states. Built in 1958 near the community of Eglon, West Virginia, it is 12 feet by 24 feet, with room for about a dozen people. There are three small pews on each side of the center aisle. It was built by a couple as a memorial to their parents.
Wisconsin: Cana Island Lighthouse
The 86-foot Cana Island Lighthouse was built along the shores of Lake Michigan in 1869, and its beacon became automated in 1944. The lighthouse tower opened to the public in 2008, and visitors can climb the 102 steps to the catwalk. The Door County island can be reached by a short walk across a causeway.
Wyoming: Sheridan Inn
Established in 1893, the Sheridan Inn was partly owned by Col. William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, who auditioned new members for his "Wild West" show from its front porch. It was financed by the Burlington Missouri Railroad and the Sheridan Land Company, and was inspired by hunting lodges that the architect had visited in Scotland. Today each of the 22 rooms feature Buffalo Bill or key people from his life.
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