Michael Scurr, a volunteer at Britain’s National Archives, has discovered a rare early copy of the Declaration of Independence. He found it while cataloging 18th-century documents. The document is one ...

As communities across the United States commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, St. Johnsbury’s ...

Most Americans know that the members of the Continental Congress pledged their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to America ...

One day after the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, the league announced the full list of declarations. All told, 63 players were on the list, including 42 players who met ...

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is moving forward with its plans for a 688-unit mixed-income housing development in Southwest Philadelphia.

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A.O. Scott is a Times critic who writes about literature and ideas. “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,” Walt Whitman wrote, but the nation was conceived in prose. Other ...

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The New York Historical thinks it has identified the anonymous printer behind a rare broadside printing of the Declaration made soon after July 4, 1776. By Jennifer Schuessler Before the Declaration ...

Germany failed to secure a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul suggesting that Berlin’s support for Israel may have cost ...