In short, Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Americas. But he made the most of it, for better or worse. And that's where the Columbus Day debate continues, including periodic calls to ...

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt — hoping to attract Italian-American voters — signed into law a bill designating the second Monday in October as Columbus Day.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934. Trump has long complained about Democrats tearing down statues of Columbus, a complaint he made again in ...

Donald Trump says he's "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes," but the holiday never went away and has been a continuous federal holiday since 1971. In a social media post over the weekend ...

President Trump on Sunday vowed to bring Columbus Day back “from the ashes” — railing against critics of the controversial European explorer who the holiday honors. Columbus Day remains ...

Centuries after Christopher Columbus traveled to the Americas, his legacy remains complicated. And that's where the Columbus Day debate continues, including periodic calls to dump the holiday, or ...

President Donald Trump says he is bringing back Columbus Day. President Joe Biden issued annual proclamations also designating it as Indigenous People's Day. Trump in a post on his Truth Social ...

Trump has long complained about Democrats tearing down statues of Columbus, a complaint he made again in Sunday’s post. In 2017, he spoke out against a review of the 76-foot-tall statue of the ...

President Donald Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day ... FILE – President Joe Biden hands a pen to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as he signs a proclamation on the North Lawn ...

Trump claimed Democrats undermined Christopher Columbus' legacy by including Indigenous People's Day on the same holiday.