Events from the year 2001 in the United States. President: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) (until January 20) George W. Bush (R-Texas) (starting January 20)...

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch...

The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

The United States does not have a national or federal educational system. Although there are more than fifty independent systems of education (one run...

county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...

punishment for crime is still legal in the United States. By the time of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the status of enslaved people had been...