Betar US is going after pro-Palestinian activists — and also pro-Israel advocates whose tactics it deems overly timid.

Washington’s focus on development assistance and democracy promotion has failed. Relationships based on commercial engagement are the answer.

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries beset with rocky relations with its larger neighbour Serbia, holds parliamentary ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Democrats are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempts to gut an agency that provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease. They're calling it ...

More recently, VERIFY reader Janet and a poster on Reddit asked if it was illegal to fly an American flag upside down. Flying the American flag upside down, barring an emergency, goes against the ...

“There is an urgent need for medical schools in the US to educate medical trainees ... for Palestine” signs are held up at George Washington University’s commencement. Anadolu via Getty ...

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American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House during a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. American flags and a pride flag hang from the ...