Navy pilot Edward “Butch” O’Hare, who grew up in south St. Louis, shot down five Japanese bombers while defending the carrier ...

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President Donald Trump is visiting North Dakota on Wednesday to see the newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a massive facility exploring the life of America's 26th president. The ...

Through corruption and an aggressive expansion of executive power, the Republican risks permanently reshaping an institution ...

On July 3, 1863, the Union army under the command of Gen. George Meade defeated Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E ...

A family tends to what flock it has in St. Louis' Hooverville in August 1932, during the worst of the Great Depression.  On ...

The White House hasn't always featured an American flag. It wasn't until 1970 that it became a daily fixture when President ...

In honor of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, a recent poll asked Americans what the United States has done best since declaring independence in 1776 ...

In February 2017, the Charlottesville City Council in Virginia voted to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee ...

Project by project, Donald Trump is altering the United States capital, and in some cases, disrupting views and design that date back more than two centuries.

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The Sail4th 250 parade has begun in New York City, which is expected to draw large crowds to the city's waterfront.