The United States national team has grown tired of hearing about its traditional shortcomings in World Cup knockout matches.

The United States today is home to countless stories. Together they tell us what America has been, is and could be.

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

St. Augustine predates the Declaration of Independence by 211 years and offers a look at the roots of American history.

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

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New archaeology has uncovered everything from musket balls to wig curlers at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first ...

As President Trump cools on the alliance, its members see Turkey’s large military and vibrant defense sector as assets. By Ben Hubbard There was nothing unusual about a call from President Trump or ...

This UNESCO World Heritage-designated edifice may have been designed in the Georgian style, but its historical significance ...

Should American identity be defined by race and ethnicity? Or by fealty to a set of ideas?