Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known for his leadership during the Civil War and efforts to abolish slavery, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political ...

A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President ...

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is attempting to dismantle major agencies of the federal government which are ...

The head of the local party is pushing for results over performative acts and ideological indulgence. Every city, she says, deserves good public schools, safe streets and clean sidewalks.

In the debates over the 14th Amendment in 1866, Sen. John Conness argued convincingly that "children of all parentage ...

No matter how fast lies travel, the elders say the truth catches up in seconds! Shermer says: “Most of us are not Hitlerian in our lies, but nearly all of us shade the truth just enough to make ...

Never let them tell you that nothing ever changes in politics. In 1996, just 27 percent of American adults believed that the law should recognize same-sex marriages. A decade later, at about the time ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

Stand up now or risk losing it all. It is time to recognize this nation faces a constitutional crisis. Those with political power are unwilling to do anything about it. Everyday people, anxious and ...

For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...