The Trump administration plans to hold the oil tanker it seized in waters near Venezuela at an American port in Texas but release the crew once the vessel docks, according to two U.S. officials. The ...

The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs for coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence next year. They ...

In the new Ken Burns documentary, an old myth—held by the left and right—is repeated: that chaos led to the need for the ...

President Donald Trump says the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

Often overlooked, the French "Charleville" infantry musket was one of the most significant longarms of the 18th and 19th ...

Throughout the rich tapestry of human history, there have been historical events that have significantly influenced the ...

President Trump confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in the latest escalation ...

This story originally ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post Florida Times column in 2019. Years refer to each county's formation. Did you know Palm Beach County was carved out of Dade County in ...

The designs commemorate the U.S. semiquincentennial milestone and will be displayed on the 2026 dime, quarter and half-dollar ...

Kathleen DuVal is a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of the Pulitzer Prize ...

Respected documentarian Ken Burns' latest project is a PBS docuseries that explores the American Revolution in extreme detail ...

The Battle of Great Bridge in modern-day Chesapeake was the first significant land battle of the American Revolution in Virginia. It was also significant because it featured multi-racial armies on ...