Today we celebrate that stirring day in history, July 4, 1812, when the first president of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, emerged from the old State House in Boston, held up the new ...

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...

In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.

On July 4, 2025, the United States of America celebrates Independence Day, marking the 249th anniversary of its declaration ...

The House minority leader has been speaking for more than five hours in an effort to stop Trump’s disastrous budget.

Trump has never been the wonkiest guy, but the fact that he was seemingly unaware that his “big, beautiful bill” is attacking ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

A course on the contested meanings of the Declaration of Independence has never been more relevant—or more politically ...

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant part to keep partisan passions at bay, constitutional drift fuels partisan ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Fourth of July marks the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and starts the countdown to yearlong ...

The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14, and wounding a state senator and his wife, said Thursday that he's looking forward to the facts ...