The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...

Donald Trump’s early administration moves are accelerating the concentration of executive power at the expense of Congress.

Some FBI executives contemplated rejecting requests for the names but decided they must comply with what bureau lawyers ...

The chaos of Trump’s return to the Oval Office was interrupted by a horrific midair collision at Washington’s National Airport Wednesday night.

Justice Department leadership has directed Washington, D.C.'s top prosecutor, Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, to fire prosecutors who were assigned to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot ...

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Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...

Shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development, freezing foreign aid, placing the agency’s 10,000 employees ...

In a rare joint effort, federal and local prosecutors go to trial against a D.C. landlord charged with murder and civil ...

It’s hard to believe that the Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, demon carousel horse meme only happened last year. This is not the meditation on time that John Crowley was going for with his ...

Newcastle United are keeping a close eye on AFC Bournemouth ... Zabarnyi recently shone at St James’ Park as Bournemouth beat Newcastle 4-1 a fortnight ago. Zabarnyi and his centre-back partner ...