At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries — and whether historians can give it to them. By Jennifer ...

All eyes were on the sky yesterday, as NASA launched four astronauts on its Artemis II mission to the Moon. The lunar fly-by is the latest step in the agency’s ambitious plan to return people to the ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. On April 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the highest-profile cases of the 2025-26 term – and indeed, ...

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 ...

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war. By Neil MacFarquhar While President Trump has used a scattershot ...

An 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence on display in Kansas City, MO, as part of the National Archives’ Freedom Plane tour. Some of the most treasured documents in early American history are ...

Hostilities between the United States and Cuba have spanned more than six decades. Key historical conflicts include the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

President Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Feb. 24. Here is a full video and a State of the Union transcript: Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, first lady of ...

In his first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump on Tuesday faced down critics and broke a record for length—touching on everything from undocumented immigrants to ...

The longest State of the Union in modern history is now over. Donald Trump held court in the House of Representatives and said little of substance, but substance wasn’t the point. This year, he ...