House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries breaks the record for longest speech delivered on the House floor with nearly nine hours of remarks about how the Republican tax bill would hurt Americans.

Rep. Jeffries says he will ‘take my sweet time’ to hold up Trump bill vote In a passionate floor speech as the House drew ...

Three months after Sen. Cory Booker broke his chamber's record for the longest speech ever, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the House's record.

The bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence began early for many Americans. On a chilly December morning in 1973, a ...

Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...

As the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, gets used as an ICE holding facility, a group of 50 activists known as Abide in ...

America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s origins?

Penny and I made a quick run to Minneapolis for Father’s Day. It was a great gathering, and the only clan member missing was ...

A course on the contested meanings of the Declaration of Independence has never been more relevant—or more politically ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States turns 250. Amid fireworks and fanfare, the day invites reflection on a nation shaped by ...

More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...