There’s a record number of ex-SEALs on Capitol Hill. Is politics at odds with the special forces’ ethos of working in the ...

Kids grow up in a blink, so there's no time like the present to visit these bucket list destinations around the country and experience adventures they'll remember forever. We’ve all been there before.

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic ... Photograph by Brent Stirton, Reportage by Getty Images As heroic figures go, the 46-year-old Emmanuel de Merode seems somewhat ...

1. “Avoid entangling alliances.” Washington was intelligent enough to recognize that “alliances” sometimes must be made; indeed, America might never have become an independent country with ...

Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died ... leaving a legacy of an unlikely country he steered to independence in 1965 and transformed into a global city within one generation.

Today is Texas Independence Day, and there's no better way to celebrate the Lone Star State than by indulging in some classic Texas traditions. Whether you're a born-and-raised Texan or just here ...

Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma was "a giant among leaders" and left behind "the most precious gift of… freedom", the country's President, Nangolo Mbumba, has said. He was speaking in front ...

President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared ...

Made by a printer in New Hampshire, this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the public Julia Binswanger Museums are inviting Americans to embrace the ...