The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that point as the “United Colonies.” A resolution presented to the Continental Congress in June 1776 stated “these United ...

In a move of profound symbolic and practical importance, the Continental Congress formally adopted “United States of America” as the official name of the new nation.

The United States Department of Defense was created by Congress in 1949. The world had just seen the destruction of World War II, and the international order was changing rapidly. America needed a ...

The State Department's proposed foreign aid projects have shifted to being centered around how can these projects strengthen America's own national security.

The joint letter comes a day after Poland said it shot down a number of Russian drones that violated its airspace during an ...