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When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground

Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States. Today, American trees produce hundreds of million of pounds of pecans – 80% of the world’s pecan crop. Most of that crop stays here. Pecans are used to produce pecan milk, butter and oil, but many…

If Ross Calvin, a crypto investor and the founder of Parhelion Digital, gets his way, the U.S. will soon have a new monument. The tech leader is currently working to get permission to build a massive statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island, Bloomberg reports.

“I really do think that we ought to listen to what our founders said,” the retiring U.S. Capitol Historical Society president says.

Here's a closer look at what the president's compensation would be in the coming years of his second term, and what it has been historically.

A key Senate Democrat is vowing to prevent federal funds from being used to build President Trump's White House ballroom.

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed:

Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum again! This time, it’s about an arbitrary ranking of United States Presidents by an individual. Addressing the congregated Senate Republicans during an event at the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, October 21, Trump expressed displeasure over being ranked third after George Washington (1st…

I'm sorry, the rabbits did WHAT to Napoleon?