A GOP plan to avert a government shutdown barely passed the Republican-controlled House. Here's how each member voted.

The House voted 217 to 213 on a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown that would have ...

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4th at the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, Trump ...

For Eugenia Pleasant, Millie Dunn Veasey is a beloved aunt from Raleigh who she knew had been in the service but didn't know what this meant. "Some of the things that she went through we did not know ...

Millie Dunn Veasey was a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army's all-Black women 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

Ron Charles writes about books and publishing for The Washington Post. For a dozen years, he enjoyed teaching American literature and critical theory in the Midwest. Before moving to the District ...

During his 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan promised to strangle the newborn Department of Education in its cradle. On the campaign trail, he called it “President Carter’s new bureaucratic ...

Ron Howard is taking a trip down memory lane. On Feb. 15, the 70-year-old posted a picture to Instagram of his “The Andy Griffith Show” co-stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, visiting him ...

Turns out Mayberry was smaller than we knew. Ron Howard, who found fame as a child star on the hit 1960s series “The Andy Griffith Show,” recently shared a photo on social media that showed ...