In light of Trump's efforts to cut spending, a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works.

So, JD Vance is now saying that he and Trump don’t have to obey federal judges, tweeting, “judges aren’t allowed to control ...

Barbara Coleman came to see Carpenters’ Hall, the site of the original Continental Congress convening in 1774 and where the ...

Even the election of the president was focused on Congress. In the original iteration of the Constitution, James Madison’s Virginia Plan, the power to choose the president was solely in the ...

James Monroe was the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty of presidents. Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...