Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration.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.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union has given his State of the Union address.

Workers are restoring an exhibit depicting the history of the nine people once enslaved in Philadelphia despite a 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.

Government offices, the stock market and schools are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day, but most big retailers are open.

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.

Starbucks revolutionized the United States' coffee culture.

U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states.

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.

The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines.

It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year.

Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.

The Kennedy Center, known for theater and opera, becomes the sports world's focus on Friday.

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.

Food safety experts say that six crucial kitchen tools are the key to a safe and savory Thanksgiving dinner.

The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it’s not clear if it will be as bad as last winter’s.

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.

It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker.

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.

President Donald Trump and his administration have embraced artificial intelligence-generated images, crafting a new official portrait of him.

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.

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine.

Nate Bargatze hosted this year's Emmy Awards and brought his comedic style to the ceremony.

Does Florida’s Everglades National Park represent a slight to development in America.

Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, recalls the modest military presence at the founding of communist China in 1949.

An art history professor from North Carolina has developed a unique method for drawing portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington explores the complexity of America's past.

George Clooney has a long history with Venice, from film premieres to his wedding.

Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital.

Donald Trump once decried the idea of taking vacations as president.

Tech companies selling AI to the federal government now face a new challenge: proving their chatbots aren't "woke."

A replica Oval Office on display near the White House has been made over to look exactly like President Donald Trump’s Oval Office.

The U.S. Postal Service is marking its upcoming 250th anniversary with the release of new commemorative stamps.

“Washington Black” seemed destined for a screen adaptation.

Adam Sandler’s hockey player-turned-golfer Happy Gilmore returning for a second movie and Madonna’s long-rumored album “Veronica Electronica” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”.

Rebecca Lobo and Jen Rizzotti have spent the last few years coaching the AAU team that their sons play for.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag.

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans.

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.

Speaker Mike Johnson was rushing through the halls of the Capitol during the overnight House vote on President Donald Trump's big tax bill.

Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history.

Behind so many award-winning careers, high-profile productions, beloved institutions and in-depth research projects there is often a quieter story of early support from the government.

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, coequal branches.

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution.

Artificial intelligence technology that works well for the world’s billions of people of color was a business imperative for Google when the company asked sociologist Ellis Monk to help make its AI products more inclusive.

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs.

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.

The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!”.

President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared on social media.

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.

A president’s address to Congress — even without the formal gloss of a State of the Union address — is typically a time for a call to national unity and predictable claims about the country being strong.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis will hold a news conference at the State Capitol Building.

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life.

Percival Everett's latest honor comes from the country’s public libraries.

President Donald Trump's pardons of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the rhetoric of retribution from some of those released this week is raising deep concern among attorneys, former federal investigators and experts who follow extremism.

Donald Trump has returned to the White House and he's already working to overhaul the government through executive orders.

Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has chosen Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone to help.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China.

U.S. wholesale inflation rose last month on higher energy prices.

Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump.

Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on a dramatic first-ballot vote, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral will feature an interstate choreography of grief, ceremony and logistics that is characteristic of state funerals.

Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with officials in Japan to reaffirm the importance of their alliance and Washington's commitment to regional security as threats rise from China and North Korea.

North Korea says it has tested exploding drones designed to hit targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating their mass production.

Some of the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago are celebrating the president-elect's electoral victory.

Vice President Kamala Harris is urging Republican voters to put “country first” and abandon former President Donald Trump.

America’s oldest flour company opened in 1790, when George Washington was president.

July 4 is always a fine time to double-check how much you know about how the U.S. government works.

Dozens of bottles of centuries-old, impeccably preserved cherries and berries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia have been discovered during an archaeological dig.

The National Park Service and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are collaborating on a project to transcribe the pension records of more than 80,000 of America’s first veterans and their widows.

Republicans are welcoming a police crackdown that cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and led to the arrests of 33 protesters.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal government will be awash in debt over the next 30 years.

“Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for 126 years.

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life.

The Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal budget deficit to drop by $188 billion this fiscal year to $1.5 trillion.

The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to rise into 2025, according to updated economic projections for the next two years.

The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates.