Declaration of Independence

E! News can confirm that “Morning Joe’s” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are officially married. According to Vanity Fair, the television anchors tied the knot at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. on Saturday with the nation’s founding documents, including the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, right at their side. Scarborough and Brzezinski became the first couple to ever get...

One of 14 original copies of the Declaration of Independence will again be on public display for the 4th of July on Boston.

When you’re feeling down, you might find yourself leaning on a friend. When Alec Baldwin’s President Donald Trump was feeling down, he leaned on “Fox & Friends” during the cold open of “Saturday Night Live.”

The swift steps ending a messy and expensive government shutdown set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return Tuesday, but some say they fear they could find themselves in limbo again in a few more weeks. Congress sped toward moving to reopen the government after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations on Monday...

The wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dove headlong into a social media skirmish this week, blasting a critic of her Instagram post highlighting her high fashion choices. Calling the commenter “adorably out of touch,” Louise Linton suggested she and Mnuchin contributed more to the U.S. economy and paid more in taxes than did her critic....
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From flashy firework displays for massive crowds to small-town parades, Americans celebrated the United States’ 241st birthday in both joyous and serious ways. Tuesday’s events even went international, as U.S. senators traveled to Afghanistan and spent the holiday with the troops and an Independence Day exhibition took Major League Baseball to London. Along with the fireworks, July Fourth also came...

The tradition spans centuries, dating back to the first celebrations of America’s independence.

Harvard University researchers say they’ve discovered a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence.

The Museum of the American Revolution opens in Philadelphia Wednesday.

The Museum of the American Revolution opens in Philadelphia Wednesday.

Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, the latest of 14 states that require cursive. And last fall, the 1.1 million-student New York City schools, the...

A long weekend and low gas prices have analysts predicting record travel for this year’s Independence Day celebrations. Travel is more affordable this year with gas prices at about $2.30 a gallon, the lowest in over a decade. “We are projecting that 43 million Americans are going to be traveling this holiday season,” Tamra Johnson of AAA said.