One of the reasons we are where we are is that the incumbent president of the United States is a vastly entertaining figure,” ...

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 — ...

While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on, the birth of the nation isn't one of them, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute and a nonprofit called ...

President Donald Trump signed legislation to fund the government again — putting an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump signaled Monday the government would open soon, as ...

The park service has long tried to present a wide range of perspectives on historical events. The Trump administration could reverse that. National Park Service leaders and rangers over the past ...

The major hostage standoff is played out on live television. They had actually already flipped coins deciding which persons ...

The government shutdown has broken the record for the longest in U.S. history at 36 days, while federal workers go without pay, millions of people go without food stamps, and the holiday season ...