Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. The U.S. is currently at war with Iran, even though ...

It’s been less than a week since the beginning of the war with Iran. While the United States has not declared war on Iran, it has — along with Israel — killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...

The United States has officially declared war 11 times in the nation’s history, the first time for the War of 1812 and most recently for World War II. According to the U.S. Constitution, Congress has ...

Women celebrating in front of the Capitol. Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum announced today the expansion of “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on ...

The Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary in 2026 is certain to be a time of national reflection. Americans tend to look to the Constitution to assess whether the nation is living up to its ...

We, the undersigned, welcome the truly historic commitment and implementation by all parties to the Trump Peace Agreement, ending more than two years of profound suffering and loss — opening a new ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

Inline comments, also known as single-line Java comments, begin with two slashes, and only impact the code on the line in which they appear. The following is an example of a single-line comment in ...

He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power. President Trump declared an emergency in Washington to deploy National Guard troops and federal agents to patrol ...

President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 26, 2025. Reporter ...