National Catholic Reporter

What the Declaration of Independence does — and doesn't — say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...
Reuters

US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring victory

US intelligence consider Iran's likely response to Trump declaring victory, sources say Military options remain, but large-scale escalation seen as less likely by officials Political pressure mounts ...
Wall Street Journal

It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., WSJ Editorial Board member Kate Odell and Anduril Industries President Christian Brose discuss U.S. defense challenges, the shift toward scalable ...
Yahoo! Sports

NBA draft deadline to declare is Friday night, here's who still hasn't decided?

Since Michigan basketball cut down the nets inside Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, the top priority for men's college basketball programs over the last two weeks has been finding solutions to holes in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.
FactCheck.org

The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

Q: I read this on FB. Is it true? The U.S. Treasury just declared the U.S government is insolvent. A: No. That’s the conclusion of an opinion piece that cited a Treasury report showing the ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Refresher Course: How is the U.S. in a war when Congress has made no declaration?

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. The U.S. is currently at war with Iran, even though ...
WTOP News

‘Restoring the rule of law’: Why declaring war matters

It’s been less than a week since the beginning of the war with Iran. While the United States has not declared war on Iran, it has — along with Israel — killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...
The New Yorker

Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

Whether a nation has just cause to begin a war and whether it conducts that war justly are matters of international law. Whether a U.S. President has the power to declare war is a matter of American ...
KCCI Des Moines

Get the Facts: What's the process to declare war?

The Constitution says Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war on another nation, but there are exceptions and disagreements about war power. Let's get the facts. *** declaration of ...
USA Today

Are the US and Israel at war with Iran if Congress hasn't declared it?

The United States and Israel carried out military strikes against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28 targeting the country's top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that President Donald Trump ...