During the Cold War, the Soviet Union poured resources into experimental aircraft, weapons, and technology projects that were ...

Years after being catapulted to national fame in the U.S.S.R. as a child actor, he wrote about ideals of racial harmony and ...

On a gastronomical tour through the former Soviet republic, Gary Shteyngart learns that resistance comes in many flavors.

Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the "second term curse".

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

"Make America Great Again" Republicans refuse to believe that their constituents may seriously disagree with them on anything ...

The CIA declassified nearly 1,500 pages of documents on Thursday, shedding light on its investigation into the 1968 ...

Thomas Jefferson, another Founding Father, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, one of the most pro-slavery and ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Tuesday marked the last day for USAID, the foreign aid program created by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 with help from a prominent Mainer.

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...