The White House says on the 72nd Korean War armistice the U.S. will "steadfastly" safeguard interests on the Korean Peninsula ...

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military. In 1956, Egypt created a crisis by ...

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty.

Eighty years ago, on July 17, 1945, the last of the Second World War’s “Big Three” conferences was convened at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in the Cecilienhof Palace. The key issues discussed and ...

On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States conducted the first-ever detonation of a nuclear weapon.

Every United States Navy warship should expect a hero’s welcome when returning to port, ... However, USS Harry S Truman won’t be heading out on another deployment for a while.

Truman issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the military in 1948. He appointed a committee of diverse Americans to report on progress in 1950, the Freedom to Serve Report.

Harry died in 1972, followed by Bess 10 years later. In 1984, following a series of updates and repairs, the National Park Service began operations at the Harry S Truman National Historic Site.

WASHINGTON — The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia, the ...