Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

In some states, Grant deployed troops to maintain order and guarantee that African Americans and their Republican allies ...

President Trump signed an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education on Thursday. The idea isn't a ...

President Andrew Johnson, who is best known for being the first president to be impeached, vetoed protectionist legislation ...

Learn how the pardoning of insurrectionists by Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant led to periods of national harmony and violence.

Historians rated the US presidents on leadership qualities. The survey did not include Joe Biden since he was still in office ...

House Democrats, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi, are furious with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Breaking News Reporter Senior Political Correspondent Breaking News Reporter Josh.Fiallo@ ...

“That game felt like it was a championship game,” Boise State sophomore forward Andrew Meadow said. “The physicality, the way we were battling. It really felt like a war. I was having ...

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, UN envoy says Germany closes its embassy in South Sudan as it teeters on the brink of civil war Can technology help more survivors of sexual ...

The pair signed a peace deal to bring a five-year civil war to an end in 2018. Kiir’s government detained two ministers and several senior military officials allied with Machar last week.

The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region. Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.

President Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff have threatened a return to war in the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn’t release its remaining hostages. Israel is already plotting out how that ...