In 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this date, the novel ...

As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.

Among supporters and detractors alike, his transactional approach to foreign policy has upended old notions about the United ...

The Constitution and the rule of law in the United States are the political religion of our nation. No other power could threaten us - come drink water from the ...

The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

but he has done more than any prior president to forestall the outcomes tied to the specific warnings of Presidents’ Day heroes George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Advertisement Washington ...

History might record Mar. 4, 2025, as the worst day for Democrats since Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln freed ...

The U.S. representative from Houston was censured after being removed during President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. What does that mean?

Artifacts like this letter on White House letterhead and those relating to Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and other American leaders of the free world at the Ontario County Historical ...

In contrast, Trump has pushed presidential bounds and was a profligate spender in his first term. Another difference: ...