Until Feb. 9, readers can vote for the Erie Maritime Museum as the best maritime museum for USA Today's 10Best Readers' ...

The US Constitution gives Congress power to declare war, yet it is the US presidents who often drive conflict, using declarations, executive authority, emergency measures ...

The president’s enemies in the American press should pause to notice what has happened. The world has.

The immigration-related drama in Minnesota took a foreboding turn over the weekend when it was reported that the Pentagon had ...

(WJET/WFXP)– After several months of renovation and being missing from Erie’s harbor for even longer, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is reaffirming their plans to have the US Brig ...

The Flagship Niagara is undergoing a $5 million restoration in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The historic warship is scheduled to return to Erie, Pennsylvania, by July 2 for the nation's 250th birthday ...

President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” ...

Many congressional Democrats — and nearly half of Americans, in a recent poll — believe Trump has gone too far in his expansion of presidential power. Historians, political scientists and legal ...

The bill would require MainePERS to pull investments from companies accused of ties with international human rights ...

The War of 1812 was a major conflict between the United States and Great Britain for control of the Northern Frontier. Often described as the second war of independence, in reality it was caused in ...

On the second day of the federal operation, some local officials and residents are pushing back on ICE's tactics, while the ...

A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ...