Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

Changes approved recently by lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada could help their states lure some of the big-money legal ...

Former Del. Michael San Nicolas has confirmed he’s seeking a return to Congress, and the Democrats are potentially headed for a three-way delegate primary in August. “It is with great humility ...

George Washington’s embrace of science-based medical treatments—despite stiff opposition from the Continental Congress—prevented a potentially disastrous defeat, and made him the country’s ...

Poem in Praise of the Continental Congress (A Fourth of July Hymn) By Phyllis McGinley. June 23, 1950. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, July 1, 1950 P. 26. Thank you, Mr ...