Leaders ease division not by splitting the difference but by giving respect to all, even across old, deep divides. Capitol Hill was similarly divided. Democrats elected to Congress dozens of former ...

After the U.S.-backed incursion failed, Castro stationed Soviet missiles on the island in self-defense. Furious, Kennedy risked nuclear war to remove them. Revealingly, he worried that the missiles ...

The Spanish-American War transformed the United States from a continental power into a global empire. Discover the hidden ...

The Spanish civil war lasted from 1936 to 1939, and led to the repressive Francisco Franco dictatorship, which lasted until 1975. Today, 90 years after the war broke out, it remains a traumatic, ...

Prince William has "no plans" to end his feud with estranged brother Harry after avoiding the Duke on his U.K. return, according to a royal expert. Kinsey Schofield believes William "understands" why ...

A new museum and library honors America’s 26th president—and it’s right next to the national park named for him.

Bernardo de Gálvez by José Nicolás de la Escalera on display in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900.” National Portrait Gallery During the American ...

The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree. In "American Crown," ...

A new book by Stephanie Green titled "American Crown" traces the future king's American ancestry to Revolutionary War patriots. The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought ...

President Trump visited the nation's newest presidential library in North Dakota on Wednesday. It honors the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. NPR received a tour of the new facility last week.

Is the Iran war an early sign of “superpower suicide"? By Linda Kinstler Linda Kinstler writes about international law, politics and philosophy. President Trump was triumphant when he announced that ...