The America250 kickoff event in Des Moines opened at 5 p.m. Thursday with a prayer and closed around 8:30 after an hourlong speech by President Donald Trump. Much of the crowd, which lined up hours ...

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...

For Independence Day, The New York Times asked voters what they valued about the United States, as well as what worried them.

But not everyone feels proud to be an American. A Gallup poll released four days before the Fourth of July found that only 58% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely ”or “very” proud to be an American ...

Young Americans share why they’re optimistic about the future of the U.S. Post Opinions asked readers and members of the Made ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

When we have failed to live up to the Declaration and our constitutional principles, we don’t give up. We try to make things ...

These words remind us of the courage and vision of our forefathers, who risked everything to secure our independence from ...

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: For July 4, celebrate America's greatest treasure: our language America's got talent. It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...

The event marked the one-year countdown to America's 250th birthday, but the celebration didn't stop the president from criticizing his political opponents.

On our nation’s 249th birthday this Fourth of July, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board recalls the immense courage of our ...