SSA is delivering better, faster service to more Americans through its digital-first transformation Baltimore, MD – The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing that over 100 million Americans have created personal my Social Security accounts. This marks a major milestone…

By Katie Lange Navy Lt. Carlton Barmore Hutchins was a skilled aviator who did his best to save his crew during one of the worst naval air disasters before World War II. He kept his damaged plane in the air…

On February 9, 1888, Walt Whitman penned a note to the publishers of The Riverside Literature Series No. 32 calling attention to mistakes in their recently printed version of his poem, “O Captain! My Captain!” “Somehow you have got a…

By C. Todd Lopez Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the War Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University, because attendance at the school no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services. "For…

By C. Todd Lopez More than 100 National Guard personnel from nine different states gathered in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington today to recite the oath of enlistment and extend their service contracts. Secretary…

By David Vergun This year, the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, marked by the approval of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress enacted a resolution declaring the separation of the…

DETROIT – Jevonte Cassidy Doakes, 33, of Detroit, Michigan, who shot into his ex-girlfriend’s home in May 2024 while his own child was sleeping inside, was sentenced yesterday to 110 months in federal prison on charges of being a felon…

A restoration project was recently completed on the A-12 OXCART aircraft on display at CIA Headquarters. The A-12 embodies a pioneering CIA achievement in aeronautical engineering. Over the course of two months, a team worked to repair damage from water,…

On February 6, 1778, France and the fledgling United States of America signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris, France. The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the United States as an independent…

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Matthew Hurlburt, 25, of Pavilion, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to theft of mail by an officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, which carries…

Roger Williams, defender of religious liberty and founder of Rhode Island, landed near Boston, Massachusetts, on February 5, 1631, aboard the ship Lyon. A radical Puritan who argued for the complete separation of church and state, Williams would within five…