Donald Trump criticized the high number of federal holidays for their economic impact, even as he declares new commemorative ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for fewer federal holidays, saying the days off cost America billions of dollars in ...

Efforts to advance the recognition and education of Juneteenth Day hit a snag last week when Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed ...

A record number of US drivers are expected to hit the road for the July Fourth holiday period starting next weekend, aided in ...

Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations — and the push and pull of the Black ...

"It's more important than ever to gather publicly and tell our stories and lift up the Black voices through art and joy,” ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

A nationwide panic forced President Franklin Roosevelt to declare a banking holiday in March 1933. The government reopened banks sequentially using a process that sent noisy signals about banks’ ...

FedEx Office locations will also be open, USA TODAY is reporting. Juneteenth is a Federal Reserve bank holiday, meaning the organization that regulates the nation's banking system is closed, according ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese people travelled more over the three-day Dragon Boat holiday this year, but spending remained below pre-pandemic levels, government data showed on Tuesday ...

Celebrated with food, music, and cultural events, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, honoring African American heritage and the ongoing pursuit of equality. In the United States, one of the ...