“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted ...

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Section 1. Policy. From the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon to the tranquility of the Great Smoky Mountains, America’s national parks have provided generations of American families with unforgettable ...

There’s one superpower that dominates the planet again, and it’s the United States. In just one year in office, President Donald Trump has catapulted the U.S. from a country that seemed on the brink ...

The numbers tell a stark story. According to a new report by the Economic Innovation Group, foreign-born workers who arrived on student visas out-earn their American peers by nearly $30,000 annually.

On his first day back in office, President Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the body of water that had been known since the mid-sixteenth century as the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. In his second term, Donald Trump has crafted a foreign policy that is more radical than that of his first but ...

To capture the spirit of the United States on its 250th birthday, we're asking some of the country’s most noted filmmakers and fans—actors, directors, producers, executives, and more—to tell us about ...

When the Rev. Fred Robinson saw the small, brick church he was asked to lead in suburban Atlanta, he couldn’t help but be excited. The parking lot had sinkholes; the bathroom flooring had rotted away, ...

The 50-year-old park, which first became a Six Flags in 1999, closed permanently on Sunday, Nov. 2 Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor water park in ...