When I was a child, I used to imagine that beyond those doors, instead of ruined houses, there was another world waiting for ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. A visitor reacts to the heat while attending the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on July 1 in Washington.

WASHINGTON — The Great American State Fair being held on the National Mall as part of the celebration of America's 250th birthday was temporarily shut down Friday afternoon due to extreme heat. The ...

One of the best parts of attending the San Diego County Fair each summer is keeping an eye out for Jewish themes and symbolism. My family turns it into a scavenger hunt as we stroll through the ...

Dan is a managing editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, and later as ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Loitering is not permitted in this area,” an audio recording sternly warns, as ...

They’re party poopers at America’s birthday! Every US state was supposed to set up a booth celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary at President Trump’s massive fair at the National Mall in ...

White House officials deleted photographs of crowds at the beginning of Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair, after the president raged at the dismal turnout. “We’re told that the aerial image of ...

WASHINGTON, DC – I visited the Great American State Fair on several days over the past week. Yes, it’s empty. Security is extremely tight, with no clear reason as to why. Federal marshals, Oklahoma ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. It’s MAHA Monday at the Great American State Fair, and I am drinking a Phorm Energy Screamin’ Freedom (16 ...

I love President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair. I love its emptiness. Its expensive food. Its ability to confound Trump-friendly media outlets that keep pretending it’s going great. This ...

If you build a data set and nobody can find it, is it useful? Not as much as it could be. With trust in science under siege from partisan actors and impartial pathogens, the accessibility and ...