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Nearly a third of Americans would get a big fat “F” on a citizenship test, according to a new study. The lack of knowledge mostly pertains to civics questions.

When asked which former president they would like to run the country today, 36 percent of Americans picked Ronald Reagan.

Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll. Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.

The terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 left an indelible mark on Americans. But even as the first responders climbed through the rubble in New York, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania, the country embarked on a “War on Terror.” With that war came years of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, indefinite detention of terror suspects without charges or trial, enhanced interrogation techniques, extraordinary

Things seem to be getting worse in Japan right now. In the aftermath of a 9.0 earthquake, a massive tsunami and a nuclear power plant on the verge of meltdown, the US has urged any American citizens to evacuate Japan. The State Department says the first U...