Disney's live-action “Moana” may be the top movie at the box office, but it didn't make a big splash in its first weekend.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing all he can to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to his old congressional district in the vast north woods of Wisconsin.
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted.
A group of 150 people from 50 countries has become U.S. citizens at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.
A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration permission to reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia.
President Donald Trump has ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about communism.
America is getting ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary since it split from Britain's monarchy and embarked on its experiment in democracy.
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and the nation's capital is undergoing significant changes under President Donald Trump.
A federal appeals court panel says the Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order that sought to eliminate “inappropriate content” at national museums, parks and landmarks.
Roaring crowds wearing stars and stripes came out to support the U.S. men's soccer team in their World Cup opener against Paraguay.
The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U_S_ national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."
An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago.
A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.
Advocates for telling the whole truth of American history are celebrating the legacy of Ona Judge, from her footprints in Philadelphia to her face in New Hampshire.
In pushing to prove his loyalty to President Donald Trump, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has agitated the same Republican lawmakers whose votes he may need to secure the permanent job.
Britons are cool on America and baffled by President Donald Trump as the former colonies celebrate their 250th year of independence.
Federal prosecutors have announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States.
Ted Turner’s death comes at a fraught time for cable news, which has struggled to retain viewership in an era of countless media choices and abundant streaming video.
The U.S. Supreme Court has escalated a nationwide redistricting war by removing one of the few remaining limits on partisan gerrymandering.
Former FBI Director James Comey has appeared briefly in court, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win.
The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects.
The State Department says it's preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday and featuring a picture of President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service.
The sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel carried echoes of President Ronald Reagan's shooting outside the same hotel more than four decades ago.
King Charles III embarks on a state visit to the U.S. on Monday, aiming to strengthen ties between the two nations.
A new law named after Charlie Kirk is encouraging Tennessee teachers to include the positive impacts of religion in American history classes.
The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hosted a monthly Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the Iran war began.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Reenactors in tricorn hats and 18th-century military coats filled a South Boston chapel Tuesday before firing muskets and marching through neighborhood streets to mark the 250th anniversary of the British evacuation of Boston.
Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration.
Publisher Ann Godoff, who helped shape modern American book culture and launched many bestsellers, has died at age 76.
Federal workers are restoring an exhibit on the people once enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration.
Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks.
A federal judge has ordered an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington to be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last month.
More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”.
The Congressional Budget Office projects worsening federal deficits and rising debt over the next decade, driven by increased spending on Social Security, Medicare, and debt service payments.
Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
An auction house in New York is marking the United States' 250th birthday by selling items that trace the nation’s history through some of its most iconic documents.
President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself.
Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment.
President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them.
British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America.
President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year.
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
Solo Ball scored 19 points and No. 5 UConn earned its fourth victory over a ranked opponent already this season, beating No. 18 Florida 77-73 in the Jimmy V Classic.
Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
Melania Trump has decorated the White House for the holidays, and her theme is “Home Is Where the Heart Is.”.
A federal judge has called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutted federal officials' narratives about appropriate force used against protesters and others during an ongoing immigration crackdown in Chicago.
When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground.
Hundreds of New York City high school students gathered at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan for a lesson led by filmmaker Ken Burns and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has received praise for her diplomatic debut, which included hosting U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean against four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
President Donald Trump spent his day in Japan bonding with new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier.
President Donald Trump has landed in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time.
Centuries-old private libraries are bringing modern comfort and awe to book lovers and history buffs in New England.
UConn is the No. 1 team in the country in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason women's basketball poll.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president’s authority and who controls the Guard.
The U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3.8% from April through June in a dramatic upgrade of the government's previous estimate of second-quarter growth.
Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze kicked off the 77th Emmy Awards Sunday with a comedy sketch that poked fun at the television industry, noting it's “a world where the finest artists craft stories of staggering beauty that millions of people will watch on their phones while they’re sitting on the toilet.”.
Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, recalls the modest military presence at the founding of communist China in 1949.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington explores the complexity of America's past.
Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital.