Donald Trump misquoted the Declaration of Independence while speaking at a July 4 celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, ...

Today is Saturday, July 4, the 185th day of 2026. There are 180 days left in the year. This is U.S. Independence Day.

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 ...

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 ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...

Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dying The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday warned Taiwan against formally declaring its independence in an interview with Fox News shortly before the end of his visit to China. During their meetings, Chinese ...

The HHS secretary's declariation had asserted that treatment for gender dysphoria in young people is not safe or effective and attempted to exclude health care providers that offer this care from ...

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., WSJ Editorial Board member Kate Odell and Anduril Industries President Christian Brose discuss U.S. defense challenges, the shift toward scalable ...