The history of the French Revolution shows that clamping down on dissent cannot heal political and cultural hatreds.

The ongoing government shutdown is breaking milestones as Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on federal spending.

First the White House ordered up a costly political exhibition. Then reelection officials told the Smithsonian to wall off a "controversial" voting rights show, a curator later recalled.

President Trump commented on Newt Gingrich saying he would rank Trump as the third-best president in American history, during ...

At a Monday panel, historian Niall Ferguson dismissed fear of President Donald Trump being the American Hitler as a “category error." He and his fellow panelists also spoke about the health of the U.S ...

The phrase appeals more to several demographics that strongly align with Trump, says Republican strategist Frank Luntz, ...

At the show’s entry, the remarkable remains of a Robert E. Lee statue, the one whose planned removal from a public park ...

Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history.

Last weekend’s “No Kings” protests drew an estimated 6 million demonstrators onto the streets in Boston and 2,700 other ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are ...

We have met the enemy—and it might be us? The fundamentals of human nature can make us all the ally of autocrats if we’re not ...