President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill late Wednesday night to reopen the government after 43 days.

Dozens of national parks were expected to fully reopen, agency workers were returning to their offices and federal courts ...

Camille Robcis believes that historical analysis allows us to elucidate contemporary political, economic, social, and ...

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump’s first day back in the White House, he issued Executive Order 14160 “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” The directive attempted to ...

American history is very important to many of us, but with 250-plus years and still going to learn, it takes awhile. However, ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

At 22 days, the shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, eclipsed only by the 35-day funding lapse in late 2018 and early 2019. The Senate vote on advancing the continuing ...

1957: National Guard troops form a line in a street to enforce desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. 1957: National Guard troops form a line in a street to enforce desegregation at ...

Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown with both sides digging in two days before the Oct. 1 funding deadline. Republicans are insisting on a “clean” continuing resolution that would fund ...

Freedom is neither a fixed idea, nor the story of progress toward a predetermined goal. Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public. My ...