The Fourth of July reminds us of how precious and dearly bought our freedoms are -- and why they’re worth protecting. So let ...

Teri Kanefield’s “Rebels, Robbers and Radicals” brings the document alive through court cases of real people involved in real ...

Independence Day marks the date in 1776—July 4th—when the Continental Congress approved the final draft of the Declaration of ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant part to keep partisan passions at bay, constitutional drift fuels partisan ...

As is our annual tradition, the editorial board presents the Declaration of Independence in lieu of an editorial to mark the ...

The ongoing dispute between the Pender-Topsail Post & Voice and Pender County has escalated, with the local newspaper issuing ...

Understandably, after almost 250 years, the legislature is tired of being a coequal branch of government and wants to take a ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...

The House minority leader has been speaking for more than five hours in an effort to stop Trump’s disastrous budget.