To open a series of essays about U.S. presidents, George W. Bush pays tribute to George Washington, who “ensured America wouldn’t become a monarchy, or worse.” By Jennifer Schuessler For American ...

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Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk metadata from the phones of Americans, the US is still navigating a gap ...

Pittsburgh’s infrastructure had been neglected as well. The downtown corporate tax base eroded dramatically. Vacant storefronts, homeless camps and drug deals were a common sight. “In all my years of ...

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America’s adversaries are deploying every espionage tactic imaginable to gain diplomatic, military and technological ...

As the United States and its Middle East allies face Tehran’s response to President Donald Trump’s renewed bombardment of Iran, they must find a solution to a growing problem: drones.

Photographer George Hurrell gets another exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, spotlighting a dazzling array of ...

WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday to see Buddhist monks who have completed a 108-day, 2,300-mile journey on foot from Texas to the nation's capital.

The current war in the Middle East is just about a week old, but the history of US intervention in Iran dates back to the 1950s. We take a step back to look at the history of relations between Iran, ...