President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon on this day in 1974 generated a national controversy, but in recent years, some…
On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice…
It was on this day in 1964 that a joint session of Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, an act that led to the Vietnam…
Today is the birthday of the late former President, Gerald R. Ford, who went from being a college football star to the White House…
A divided Supreme Court on Friday has struck down an expansive debt-relief program for student loans created during the Covid-19…
On May 24, 1937, the Supreme Court decided in two separate but related cases that the Social Security Act of 1935 was…
Today marks the birthday of Ulysses Grant, who played a unique role in American history. Here is a look at a military leader who…
On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, we have 10 interesting facts about the versatile Founding Father.
It was on this day in 1801 that the House finally decided a tied presidential election because of a constitutional flaw: the…
On December 30, 1853, a treaty was signed where Mexico sold the United States 29,000 square miles of territory for what eventually…
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