On 6th February 1952, at a fishing lodge in the foothills of Mount Kenya, Princess Elizabeth was told her beloved ‘Papa’ had ...

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the ...

Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in the middle of February to honor past U.S. presidents. See when it is observed in 2026.

What happened inside the President's House also helped shape some of the nation's earliest experiments in self-government.

As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of George Washington. - Gwengoat/Getty Images In 2024, archaeologists excavating George Washington's Virginia home, Mount ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time. In 1778, James Cook became the first European to ...

DALLAS (AP) — Sen. John Cornyn stood in the shadow of the U.S.-Mexico border wall for a campaign event, but the Texas Republican didn’t offer the kind of diatribe about illegal immigration that stokes ...