On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its ...

Can’t talk about it. Can’t live without it. From the White House to Capitol Hill, Washington relies on autopens. How did a ...

In the face of Reagan’s right-wing presidency, he offered a vision, strategy, and agenda that would have led Democrats and the country in a very different direction.

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I interviewed every president since Nixon. Our nation's identity and future have always been on a fierce and extraordinary ...

On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its only flight, at Long Beach, Calif ...

News stories in recent weeks about offensive or ill-advised text messages have blown up the careers of several young Republicans in a chat group, led a nominee for a White House job to drop out, ...

Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a patriotic New York liberal, led the West’s fight against the UN’s Zionism is racism resolution. Moynihan called this assault on Israel ...

History is seen by many as a series of organized chapters in a book. But the truth is that the world is a whole lot more ...

Dick Cheney, the U.S. vice president under George W. Bush, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement from his family.

Throughout American history, certain funerals have transcended mourning to become collective acts of remembrance. From ...