Today marks the birthday of the one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes, who took office amid a…
President Abraham Lincoln altered the course of the Civil War and American society when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued…
On September 19, 1796, a Philadelphia newspaper published one of the greatest documents in American history: George Washington’s…
William Howard Taft is a truly unique American figure who led two branches of government, was a wrestling champion and the…
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…
A divided Supreme Court on Friday has struck down an expansive debt-relief program for student loans created during the Covid-19…
On May 28, 1861, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney directly challenged President Abraham Lincoln’s wartime suspension of…
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…
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