James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that ...

President James K. Polk has returned to the White House as commentators find the thread of his themes in the man who brought ...

Sharon Phox was awarded the 2026 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year for Region 4, which is northern Virginia.

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The U.S. representative from Houston was censured after being removed during President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. What does that mean?

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Every citizen who meets the basic requirements can cast a ballot in North Carolina. No test of civic knowledge is required to ...

Numerous other cholera pandemics followed, killing hundreds of thousands of people, including both the eleventh and twelfth presidents of the United States, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor.

By John Hood Every citizen who meets the basic requirements — adulthood, residency and the completion of sentence after a felony conviction — can cast a ballot in North Carolina. There’s no test of ...

TPAC and Mayor Freddie O'Connell's administration have hit an impasse over who pays for what infrastructure around a 3.3-acre ...