From the Declaration of Independence to the 9/11 terror attacks, these are the most important dates in American history. Over the last quarter of a millennium, the ...

Re “Trump’s Politics Are Changing How History and Civics Are Taught” (news article, Nov. 7): As the historian John Hope Franklin once observed, “The writing of history reflects the interests, ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

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The United States federal government shut down at 12:01am East Coast time (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday after Congress failed to pass a new spending bill, forcing operations considered inessential to close ...

The federal government recorded one of the largest budget deficits in U.S. history this year when fiscal year 2025 concluded. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected to record a ...