The future success of the U.S. will hinge on the ingredient that made America so powerful in the first place: immigration.

Ahead of its 250th birthday, an empirical look shows the world’s leading country no longer stands so far apart ...

At 250 years, America’s fault lines are showing. Partisan and regional divisions rival the most intense internal conflicts it has faced since the Civil War.

Fourth of July celebrations are taking place across the nation as the US turns 250, including in Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump delivered a speech. Follow live updates.

Many people conclude that America is in decline. That strikes this newspaper as a grave misreading. America’s power is immense—and it could be about to grow beyond all recognition. For evidence of the ...

The last time America celebrated a big anniversary, I was all of three years old. Even so, I retain a few fuzzy memories from a sunny summer afternoon in small-town Michigan: climbing on a cannon in ...

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If America were a painting, it would almost certainly be a self-portrait. Ours is a nation obsessed with depicting and interpreting itself, usually with the boldest of brushstrokes. We’ve claimed an ...

On his first day back in office, President Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the body of water that had been known since the mid-sixteenth century as the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

Section 1. Principles and Objectives. America’s investment policy is critical to our national and economic security. Welcoming foreign investment and strengthening the United States’ world-leading ...

Itwas another great year to be rich, especially for the select few at the very top. With markets roaring, nearly all of the 25 wealthiest people in America got wealthier over the past 12 months—some ...