As the United States marks the monumental milestone of its 250th anniversary, the air is thick with pageantry, fireworks and the familiar cadence of national pride. We look back to 1776, a moment when ...

As we marked our nation’s 250th birthday, July 2 was the 125th anniversary of a lynching in Elmore County. That story, halfway between the Revolution and today, doesn’t reflect our ideals. But it ...

As America marks 250 years, the Fourth of July arrives with a heavy asterisk. In 1776, while fireworks celebrated liberty, Black ancestors remained shackled. For us, Independence Day isn’t a ...

Americans are celebrating 250 years of independence across the country on Saturday. President Donald Trump will address the nation from the Great American State Fair in D.C. Saturday. Attendees in the ...

In the 250 years since America's inception, there have been a handful of presidents with an outsized impact on the course of U.S. history. Their words are etched into collective memory, found ...

America isn’t a land or a flag. It isn’t a president or a party. It’s a people. America is only free if we are too, because freedom is more than just liberty. There’s nothing quite like Independence ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Hours before Iran’s national soccer team took the pitch in Seattle for its group-stage match against Egypt, the U.S. Central Command ...

Editor's Note: Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, Pope Leo XIV penned a letter marking the historic moment. The letter, dated June 25 and released by the U.S.

On this Independence Day, America turns 250 years old. As our nation marks this extraordinary milestone, I have never been more proud to be an American and to call Staten Island home. Two hundred and ...

Pat O'Neill was grand marshal of the 2016 Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Star file photo When my great-great-grandfather Bernard O’Neill left County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1848, he wasn’t just ...

As America marks its 250th anniversary, one idea has done as much as any document, institution, or moment to shape the nation: the idea of home. Since our founding, homeownership has been central to ...