While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on—generally, events and figures from the Civil War up to the ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the U.S., about an initiative to "debrief America" in its 250th year with essays by prominent Americans, starting with George W. Bush.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York Times columnist David Brooks, seen in Washington, D.C., in 2011. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images America’s so-called sane ...

Gonna shutdown like it’s 1995. The ongoing government shutdown became the second-longest in US history Wednesday, surpassing the 1995-96 lapse in federal funding as it dragged into day 22 with no end ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...