The juxtaposition at the weekend was apt: one big, ugly bill in Washington and one big, garish wedding in Venice.

Some staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development raced against the moment their computer access would be shut ...

About the good or bad of democracy, Hamid is clear about his mixed, and constantly evolving feelings. The bet here is that in ...

Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development organization.

Immigration and administration lawyers on Monday battled over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime ...

Theme park lovers and history buffs, listen up! Disney World's Hall of Presidents quietly reopened to the public on June 29.

At first glance, it was the unlikeliest of friendships. I served as editor of the left-wing Vassar College student newspaper, ...

Frederick W. Smith, who revolutionized express delivery as the founder and longtime chief executive of FedEx, a company that ...

From Montezuma’s fall to the discovery of the Higgs boson, this week in history spans Aztec tragedy, American independence, ...

Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and others are striking a tone of fiscal conservatism that sounds a lot like that of the 2010s.

Seth Meyers and his team have long compared Donald Trump to George W. Bush in various ways, but on Thursday night, the NBC host laid out all the direct parallels, one by one. To kick off his "A Closer ...

Washington reigns as the most depicted figure in U.S. stamp ... Richard Nixon’s 1995 stamp was issued in Yorba Linda, California, site of his birthplace and library. George H.W. Bush was honored June ...