The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, ...

President Trump has wrapped his political career in the American flag, making the stars and stripes a central visual in his ...

The life of every nation has fateful days and events that mark the beginning of a new stage in the history of the state and ...

Juneteenth is a celebration for all Americans because it marks a pivotal moment in the United States’ journey toward living ...

Not all Americans supported the change. A national symbol of opposition was Kim Davis, a then-clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, who refused to issue marriage licenses on religious grounds.

A 2022 study by two economists found that when a federal holiday falls on a weekend and isn’t rescheduled for a weekday, the nation’s total output, or gross domestic product, increases by 0.08 ...

Trump had previously pledged to make Juneteenth a federal holiday during his 2020 presidential campaign. Juneteenth didn’t become an official holiday until 2021, under President Joe Biden’s ...

(The Hill) — President Trump said the country is losing money due to the number of federal holidays on Thursday, which marks Juneteenth, the newest addition to the U.S. holiday calendar. “Too ...

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish in a quiet return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Friday to close a second straight week of ...