In 2011, declassified CIA documents shed light on a covert government program dating back to WWII
A photograph of the straight-talking Arizona senator goes on view In Memoriam at the Portrait Gallery
A brief respite from the frontlines of the Pacific War sees American troops trying to inject a little comfort into their lives
The explorer traveled to Tahiti under the auspices of science 250 years ago, but his secret orders were to continue Britain’s colonial project
It's 1942 and the USS Silversides, a U.S. submarine submerged in the Pacific, is frantically trying to dodge depth charges dropped by a Japanese warship
The newspaper man's bravery rocked the racist establishment of the South—and heralded a new era of political satire
A new book from historian Joanne Freeman chronicles the viciousness with which elected officials treated each other
How a fiery preacher and a maverick Army general took the nation by storm
Relive the aerial dogfights and naval clashes of the Battle of the Philippines Sea, thanks to stunning color footage
LGBTQ activist and journalist Bil Browning reminisces about the importance of a simple toy
The founder of psychoanalysis collaborated with a junior American diplomat to lambaste the former president
Just-discovered letters herald the significance of an unsung Revolutionary woman, Julia Rush
The formerly enslaved South Carolinian declared that whites had killed 53,000 African-Americans, but few took the explosive claim seriously—until now
The appeal of the mythical, wild man holds strong
At the height of the Cold War, America’s most secretive counterespionage effort set out to crack unbreakable ciphers
See if you can figure out how the American code-breakers unraveled the complexities of the Russian codebook
The National Portrait Gallery showcases a celebrated conductor as portrayed by the master French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
The English privateer arrived on the Carolina coast after sacking Spanish lands in the Caribbean, but who, if anyone, did he leave behind?
As the National Portrait Gallery turns 50, it is asking how well its collections represent the people—and where there is room for improvement
On December 16, 1941, the Italian navy launched a daring attack on three British ships outside Alexandria harbor
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