Mount Vernon, the home of our nation’s first president, is the most-visited historic house in the U.S. But what do Americans visiting Mount Vernon – on the occasion of our country’s 250th anniversary – think about what George Washington represents? And today, would the Founding Father recognize the nation he helped create? “Sunday Morning” national … Read more
Ken Burns says Americans are not as divided today as we were in history – CBS News Watch CBS News Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns reflects on the 250th birthday of America, political divisions in the country and how we can come together. Source link
Washington — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey is expected to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after an undisclosed ailment kept him out of public view for months. Kean, who is running for a third term in a competitive district, last voted on March 5 and has missed more than 140 votes … Read more
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The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable. – Mark Twain Before the Mississippi River became Joan Stemler’s life’s work, it was the geography of a child’s curiosity. She was raised on a farm in Columbia, Illinois, behind a levee, in … Read more
Christine Peoples feels the weight of an ancient task. She is, in many ways, a community storyteller, a bearer of memory and meaning. Today, one of the stories she tells begins inside her workplace: Timmons Hall, a former Black church lifted from its foundations and preserved in Silver Springs Park – once the only public … Read more
At a recent national championship for civics students here, a team of four students from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, is asked: What are the challenges of celebrating landmark dates of a nation’s past while still acknowledging the evolution beyond those historic circumstances? The students are well prepared, and quote chapter and verse from … Read more
Washington — Voters are casting their ballots in three states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, including a high-profile runoff race to take on Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and GOP runoffs in the Georgia governor’s race and the Alabama Senate race. Here are the major races to watch on Tuesday: Georgia runoff in … Read more
As young lawyers in the Reagan administration, future Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts entered an executive branch convinced that a powerful president could rescue the country after a humbling decade defined by Watergate, defeat in Vietnam, and runaway inflation. What the administration promised most of all was an answer to a generation … Read more
WATCH: Rainn Wilson says ‘The Office’ couldn’t be made today ‘The Office’ star says cancel culture and political division have made it harder for modern-day comedies to thrive, shares frustration with partisan double standards and growing political division. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rainn Wilson, … Read more