Common Sense,” the pamphlet that helped spark the American Revolution, turns 250 this month. But despite its author’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was at the White House on Thursday discussing her country ...

George Orwell's crusade against the misuse of language resulted in his name becoming an adjective—and his writing becoming ...

Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.

As we begin to celebrate Georgetown’s 275th birthday and our nation’s 250th, let us honor America’s Black ...

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with ...