Following Abraham Lincoln's election as the 16th president in 1860, southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War began at Fort Sumter in April 1861. The Union's ...

On a July afternoon in 2019, I found myself in a large, sun-dappled room within one of America’s great estates. An assemblage of distinguished jurists, Ivy League professors, nonprofit leaders, ...

Roxanna Vigil previously served as a senior sanctions policy advisor at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Before that, she served as the director for Andean affairs at ...

“All the King’s Men,” the best American political novel ever written, is generally read as a cautionary tale about how power poisons slowly, like arsenic, or cynicism. But it’s also a fable about ...

For the first time in FIFA World Cup™ history, three opening ceremonies across Canada, Mexico and the United States will unite the continent in one shared global celebration The FIFA World Cup 2026™ ...

Here are ways Florida’s advanced high school history program, which students can use for college credit, differs from other curriculums. By Dana Goldstein Florida has created a new American history ...

• King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States today, beginning their four-day state visit to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence. They met President Donald Trump and ...

King Charles has been visiting the United States for more than five decades, building relationships with American presidents and institutions long before he ascended the throne. Charles has since ...

To celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History has opened a new exhibit that highlights cultures that have impacted the United States.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits an exhibition that showcases the defense ministry's latest advancements in defense and ...

The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.” A poster featuring President Donald Trump in a SS ...

Tourists photographing historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Endowment for the Humanities is cutting funding that supports courses for K-12 teachers in ...