The American innovations that catapulted the U.S. into a world superpower touch almost every facet of modern life. From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, ...

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The administration’s report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump’s push to reshape the American story. A model of the Statue of Liberty made by ...

Movies about history are fun, but they have their limits. They’re often too simplified, too dramatized, and – let's be honest – sometimes just plain wrong. Too often on the big screen, the goal is to ...

Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, grilled Smithsonian leadership at a hearing on Wednesday on why the National Museum of American History (NMAH) had dropped the mention of "American history" from its mission ...

On a July afternoon in 2019, I found myself in a large, sun-dappled room within one of America’s great estates. An assemblage of distinguished jurists, Ivy League professors, nonprofit leaders, ...