That fusion of Jewish biblical narrative and American destiny shaped the moral foundation of this country. Benjamin Franklin ...

As a national holiday, Thanksgiving originated as war propaganda. It was Abe Lincoln in November 1863 who made Thanksgiving a ...

The bottom of Lake Michigan, a field in Pennsylvania... What became of that lost Civil War gold? Does it even exist? We ...

The Democrats and maybe the Left in general are talking about ways of undermining the jurisdiction of our own federal ...

When the ‘official’ Thanksgiving Day rolls around in November, a lot of emphasis is usually placed on Lincoln’s Thanksgiving ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small businesses that depend on federal contracts or funding. For seven weeks, they’ve been reducing ...

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Federally mandated air traffic reductions of as much as 10% are set to take place Friday, affecting San Diego and dozens of other major airports across the country, as part of an effort to ensure ...

When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but ...

The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN. Flight delays and ...

Historian Richard Hofstadter was a well-known progressive, but his take on Abraham Lincoln certainly differs from the ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The current government shutdown is poised to become the longest in history. On ...