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Without a unifying leader, Democrats face a fragmented future. While centrist voices gain ground, the party still lacks a ...
Yes, the Lincoln Memorial really has a typo. Here’s what it says and how it ended up on one of our nation's greatest ...
Drawing his title from Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, independent scholar Hyslop, author of several works on the American West, makes the case that in opening territories to slavery, westward ...
The rule of law is the architecture of liberty. It does not demand that we agree. It demands that we settle our disagreements ...
I’d just left a gay bar in Washington DC when news broke of the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Forty-nine LGBT + ...
In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a ...
The Lincoln Memorial was built to honour Abraham Lincoln. Test your knowledge of the iconic Lincoln Memorial! Explore its ...
There's no filibuster in the House, but Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries essentially conducted one anyway.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set a new House floor speech record with a “magic minute” address that clocked in at 8 hours and 44 minutes. The marathon spee… ...
Three months after Sen. Cory Booker broke his chamber's record for the longest speech ever, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the House's record.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's record for the longest House floor speech on Thursday.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., began a speech on the House floor to voice his opposition to President Trump's spending bill. Jeffries told his fellow lawmakers he would "take [his ...