On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, holding that Scott, an enslaved man who spent time in free territory, was not […] ...

By the end of his two terms, Grover Cleveland had vetoed more than 500 bills. Saying no was not a weakness. It was often the point.

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Susan Glasser, who writes the "Letters from Trump's Washington" column in The New Yorker, about the war on Iran and how its early days differ from historical norms.

Patel would often recount his family’s origin story to his players: Immigrating from India to the U.S. in the 1970s and settling down in Long Island during the New York Islanders’ dynasty years.

If Vance really believed his own words — with him, it’s always impossible to say — he shared the strangely widespread ...

Trump won the presidency in 2016 and 2024 thanks in no small part to campaigning against the long and draining wars of his ...

A 2005 clip of Donald Trump singing at the Emmy Awards has resurfaced as he oversees a major U.S. military campaign against ...

Long before he became a presidential candidate and during his first term, Donald Trump made avoiding foreign wars a cornerstone of his agenda. But his position on foreign intervention has shifted.

President Trump’s image — in paint and pixels, on posters and sculptures — is ubiquitous inside the White House, and beyond.

His hubris resembles that of the neocons—like them, he believes in American supremacy and is fascinated by the overwhelming ...