WASHINGTON (AP) - In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in nine strikes against drug-smuggling vessels ...

1776: IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence was as much economic as political, resisting the mercantilist system favored by the British. That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of ...

July 30: Thomas Jefferson writes A Summary View of the Rights of British America at age 31, establishing reputation as a political writer. September 5: First Continental Congress established.

Public officials from both sides of the aisle and law enforcement have been raising the alarm about political violence being on the rise in America, with public officials being increasingly targeted ...

Presents a timeline of American history from 1500 to the current decade, with images from the collections and exhibitions of the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution.

(AP) – 1930: American Airways Inc. is incorporated. The name changes to American Airlines Inc. in 1934. 1937: American carries its one-millionth passenger. 1939: The company’s shares begin trading on ...