There are six National Parks within an hour and a half radius of the heart of Washington, D.C., that can be visited on ...

As historian Alan Taylor noted in his 2013 book The Internal Enemy, if we read beyond the opening stanza of the War of 1812’s most famous song, “The Star Spangled Banner,” we encounter this ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch, one white—made him feel less like a have than a have-not. A friend possessed a blue scrap, and, without one for ...

Donald Trump's push to revive US manufacturing through tariffs poses challenges for tech giants like Apple, heavily reliant on Chinese production. Despite some supply chain diversification to ...

Former President Barack Obama criticized the Trump administration’s “unlawful and ham-handed” demands for policy changes at Harvard University. The Ivy League school announced Monday that it ...

Former President Barack Obama praised Harvard University's decision to resist the Trump administration's conditions for federal funding, and encouraged other institutions to do the same.

Former President Barack Obama at Hamilton College in New York this month. Former President Barack Obama at Hamilton College in New York this month. Photo: Adam J. Brockway / Hamilton College As ...

Barack Obama by artist Robert McCurdy. Though McCurdy completed the artwork in 2018, it was not unveiled until September 2022, when both former president Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama ...

The basic story here is simple enough: they are taking down the Star-Spangled Banner, the giant American flag that hangs in the National Museum of American History, for a three-year conservation ...

All the latest on former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. The attorney, author and wife of Barack Obama made history as the first African-American First Lady of the United States ...