The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250. Saturday’s anniversary comes as the agency faces financial challenges.

The U.S. Postal Service is marking its upcoming 250th anniversary with the release of new commemorative stamps.

Fortunately, we have a Founding Father we can turn to for wise counsel: Benjamin Franklin. If Franklin time-traveled to 2024, he might not be surprised by our fractured political climate.

Just before 1776, Benjamin Franklin wrote a series of newspaper letters advocating for Colonial resistance. The letters, full of wit and satire, helped to galvanize public opinion against British ...

Walter Isaacson is chief executive of the Aspen Institute. He has written biographies of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs and Henry Kissinger. When he was a young man, Benjamin ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin is known for his work in crafting the founding documents of the United States, contributing to our understanding of electricity and serving as a Revolutionary War ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

Ben Franklin was the most famous American of his era. Ken Burns’ new doc shows why Benjamin Franklin portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, circa 1785.

When Benjamin Franklin was 17 years old, he made a bold decision that would not only alter the course of his life but that of an entire city. The year was 1723.