THE United States turned 250 on July 4. On the same date, the Philippines marked 80 years of independence from America, and 128 years of Philippine-US relations.

Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible ...

As far as birthdays go, this is a big one. Today marks 250 years of America’s independence, and you can bet your bald eagle that the celebration will be epic. The semiquincentennial will be a national ...

In this, its semiquincentennial year, let’s give America its due. By the turn of the 20th century, it was a leading ...

This guide will help you make sense of what’s on the ballot — and why it matters before you vote in Washington's primary election.

Budget wins, prioritizing New Orleans, and mounting clashes with state leadership. Mayor Helena Moreno’s first six months in ...

A full-size Thomas Jefferson is heading back to the White House he left in 1809. George Lundeen, the same artist who sculpted a defiant bronze of Trump that stands at the president’s golf course in ...

The Virginia estate where a 2-year-old Thomas Jefferson first learned to read is up for grabs — and it will cost a buyer $17 million to own a slice of the third president’s earliest memories. Historic ...

U.S. President Thomas Jefferson once said: “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything that you have.” As Anne Berkes, the author of the ...

DeSales Community Development says it is moving forward with plans to build senior apartments at Arsenal Street and South ...

GGOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. -- As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, an even-older Richmond-area estate that was the boyhood home of one of its Founding Fathers is being put on the ...