On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

Senator Jim Risch discusses U.S. security challenges in Africa, including terrorism in Somalia, the war in Sudan, and the ...

The U.S Senate Finance Committee ... The new bill implements work requirements in the program for the first time. Provisions would require parents with children aged 15 and older to work ...

Dylann Roof has a legitimate claim to the heritage that Nikki Haley upholds for its devotion to family and tradition, traits ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end ...

A preacher and respected community leader, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first Black ... only 10 other African American people have ever been elected or appointed to the U.S. Senate—including ...

Juneteenth recognizes one of the most important moments in U.S. history commemorating the end of slave. Here's how to ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved ...