It’s one of the great psychological ironies of modern American life: We are a country drowning in debt, yet we actively mock ...

Absent the errors committed before and after 1929, the year that Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about would have little relevance.

NAFTA and the decline of American community have created a new path for mayors of small and midsized cities to reach national ...

That amendment was passed in response to Franklin Roosevelt’s four elections to the presidency. Since George Washington had ...

Vice President JD Vance dished about the story behind viral photos of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House ...

Since the 12th Amendment separated out the votes for president and vice president only two sitting vice presidents have been elected president: Martin Van Buren (1836) and George H.W. Bush (1988).

Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

For 90 years, a U.S. Supreme Court decision centered on the disputed firing of a Hoosier-born Federal Trade Commission member ...

The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with ...

You may be forgiven if the name Louis Marshall did not immediately spring to mind. A mostly forgotten figure today, Marshall ...

Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the ...