WASHINGTON — John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and ...

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war.

The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime ...

Following U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the Middle East faces a widening war. This ...

The late Iranian Supreme Leader suppressed a determined grassroots struggle for self-determination—often with crushing ...

The family that served 13 presidents in the White House over eight decades - The Ficklin family was a constant presence for nearly eight decades, serving presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barac ...

"Making Amends," the title of the Clinton Presidential Center's new special exhibition, is unlikely to set hearts throbbing. But its topic -- the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- continues to ...

T he death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the Iran war generated hope that the regime change ...

Now 11 days into an expanding military campaign, President Trump and his officials have given conflicting indications on how ...

In 2003, the U.S. invasion of Iraq completely disrupted the Academy Awards, causing cancellations, revisions and catastrophic ...

A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed ...

Most Americans, it seems, have learned something from our recent history, even if this administration has not.