The morning after the election, the historian discussed some books that shed light on the precedents for our fractured ...

Donald Trump Jr. will join 1789 Capital, an “anti-woke” venture capital firm that invests in right-wing companies and counts ...

Tariffs are built into the DNA of the American Republic. The Tariff Act of 1789 was America’s seminal legislative achievement ...

In 1789, electors chosen by 10 states cast ballots and elected George Washington as our first president of the United States. America’s first election would not fit the modern definition ...

The inaugural U.S. presidential election, held between 1788 and 1789, involved only 10 participating states, with George Washington widely expected to win. While the outcome was largely predetermined, ...

The use of national tariffs in the US began in 1791, led by Alexander Hamilton, and grew throughout the 19th century, in what ...

It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified, or in 1789, when George Washington took office as the United States’ first president. According to Harry R. Rubenstein, an emeritus ...

In the 19th century, the United States was not considered a "great power" like Britain, Russia or Austria-Hungary. But somehow it beat all of them to become the dominant global superpower by the ...

Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash after referring to America as a "garbage can." Trump, the 2024 Republican nominee for president, compared the U.S. to a trash receptacle during a ...

Daphne Joanna van der Pas receives funding from the Dutch Research Council. Loes Aaldering receives funding from the Dutch Research Council. She is a member of Groenlinks, the Green party in the ...

Most families are one disease away from financial ruin.” Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) wants “to dismantle the corporate stranglehold on our government agencies that has led to ...

We may think we have important lessons for America to learn, but might be better off keeping them to ourselves As Republican supporters have become more annoyed at what they see as an endless ...