Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

Iowans across the Des Moines metro commemorated Juneteenth Thursday, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. It ...

The president's comments come on Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Americans across the country are celebrating the federal holiday known as Juneteenth, which is short for “June Nineteenth.” It marks the end of slavery in the United ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier Thursday that Trump would not commemorate Juneteenth, which ...

President Donald Trump said American holidays cost billions of dollars in lost productivity and "must change." ...

Juneteenth became an official federal holiday starting in 2021 under former President Joe Biden to recognize the freedom of ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Syracuse's own Juneteenth celebrations date back decades, with local Black communities calling it "our Fourth of July." ...

June 19 is a federally recognized holiday, and an official holiday in Washington state. State and federal offices will be ...