From the beginning of the American experiment, one of its animating principles has been limited government overseen by ...

On July 3, 1863, the Union army under the command of Gen. George Meade defeated Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the "second term curse".

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate ...

The recent decision of the Supreme Court denying the nation’s thousand-odd federal district judges the power, absent class action treatment, to grant nationwide injunctions has generated hysteria ...

On his first Fourth of July as president, President George W. Bush gave a speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

1993 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer to become the second player to accomplish the feat. Harry Hooper of the Boston Red Sox homered to ...