NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." ...

Beginning the bombardment in earnest, a red-hot cannonball scored a direct hit on the magazine, igniting all that gunpowder.

American politics has long personalized its violence. Time and again, history's advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure.

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

This winter’s Beijing Games marks the second time that the Chinese city has hosted the Olympics. They will also be the first city to have hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics. Paris is ...

The Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the United States Army—often called the "Backbone of the Army"—anchors the service’s ...