Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? Did he have wooden teeth? How would he feel about politics today?

At 250 years, America’s fault lines are showing. Partisan and regional divisions rival the most intense internal conflicts it ...

The story of the US is, in many ways, remarkable. It achieved independence against the odds, its constitution has lasted more ...

Readers sent hundreds of reflections on the nation’s 250th birthday in recent weeks, and we’ll publish a story about them on ...

There are two distinctly American traits that predated and supercharged the Revolution, raging on for the 250 years since: We ...

This video follows the bitter political chaos that erupted after George Washington left office. John Adams and Thomas ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate 250 years of its Independence, it is proper to examine the career of James Madison, the fourth president of the Republic. More than any other, he shaped the ...

Without course correction, experts warn, it cannot be overstated how much of what the country has achieved could be lost.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Crikey examines a single life that illuminates the myriad contradictions woven ...

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A politician calling a press conference to celebrate the one-year anniversary of their own legislation is a sign of weakness, ...

As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of independence, they are also celebrating the first attorneys general who ...