WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KTIV) - Who’s is the president of the United States of America who has roots in Iowa? Herbert Hoover, of course! He is the only Iowan elected president who died 61 years ago in ...

Each Thanksgiving, the President ceremonially pardons a turkey—a quirky tradition that’s more photo op than policy move. It ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the rising tide of revolution surged from land to sea when the Second Continental Congress established what would ultimately become the United States Navy — the ...

Today, we mark the birth of a true American original—President Theodore Roosevelt—and celebrate his tremendous legacy of strength, honor, and vitality.

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Gallup's annual crime poll found 49% of Americans think crime is increasing. That's down from 64% a year ago and 77% two ...

Donald Trump has his finger in an awful lot of global pies for a president who was supposed to put America first. Trump on Tuesday threatened to disarm Hamas if it didn’t give up its weapons in Gaza, ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, during a private meeting at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2025. The bishop shared with the pope letters from frightened migrants across the United ...

President Donald Trump has returned from a significant trip to Asia, bringing back promised new trade agreements.

In 1896, Emilio Aguinaldo led a Filipino guerrilla rebellion against Spain. Two years later, the United States, blaming the explosion of the battleship USS Maine on Spain, incited the Spanish-American ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America.” As democracy in the United States spirals into a widening gyre of distrust, demagogy and ...