Elections in Texas have tended to be animated affairs, despite the fact that Texas has a habit of being a one-party state; ...

Janet Napolitano, former President Barack Obama’s homeland security secretary, announced a study of right-wing violence like ...

Yes, the U.S. declared independence from the British Crown in 1776. But the kind of “king” these protesters seem to fear had ...

During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the National Guard ...

Texas elections may have often been one-sided, but no one could ever say they were not colorful. Texas’ second governor, George T. Wood, declared in 1849 during his campaign that Texas “was prepared ...

Most, when prodded, give a playful shrug at the curious phenomenon at Long Island's Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy ...

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

MAGA Political Hatred Has Moved From Talk to Action, With the Assassination of Democratic Lawmakers in Minnesota Raining on Trump’s Parade, as Our Fuhrer Takes the Stand to Review the Troops Like the ...

More than 100 additional Rite Aid locations have been designated for closure, adding to a growing list of shuttering stores.

In American history, rule by force and fiat often backfires. The president may have forgotten this. The rest of us can’t afford to.

House Democrats are quietly engaged in a behind-the-scenes race for a key committee position, the second time in as many ...

With Election Day just seven weeks away, the Texas branch of the American Party, better known as the “Know Nothings,” met on Jun. 11, 1855 to select a slate of candidates for statewide office. In only ...