Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

By a more than a two-to-one margin, Americans favor the long-standing practice of granting “birthright citizenship” to nearly all children born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents’ status, ...

In the chaos of World War II, one battle stood out for its sheer unpredictability. It caught the Allies completely off guard ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

Oooh and ahh as America caps its 249th birthday with dazzling fireworks on the National Mall in D.C. If you don’t feel like jostling for the best viewing spots, your local PBS s ...