The luxury liner SS United States departed South Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon to begin a two-week journey to its eventual ...

The U.S. Air Force demonstrated the nation's nuclear readiness by launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ...

Presidents Day was established to honor America’s first president, George Washington, but it’s since morphed into a celebration for all presidents.

On January 11, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to travel on official business by airplane. He flew to a WWII strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in ...

He refused to cash in on his office after leaving it and understood that character mattered as much as policy. | Opinion ...

While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...

The United States Navy is investigating the collision of its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, with a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance of ...

The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat off the contenders from the Soviet bloc in the ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

The strong impact of African Americans in the U.S. military is evident throughout history. Colorado is home to a celebrated ...

The widespread political purges of the early 1950s echo clearly today ... see the same mistake being repeated today. President Harry Truman speaks in 1945. Two years later, Truman issued an ...