A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for filling federal government jobs. Donald Trump and Republican loyalists appear to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades ...

It has many facets, including stories of our enslaved people and our community’s part in the slave trade. One story begins ...

Donald Trump (left) being sworn in as the 47th US President by Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court at the US Capitol Rotunda, in Washington, DC, on Monday.…Dollar Softens Amid His ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push ...

We saw two assassination attempts, the most consequential presidential debate ever, the withdrawal from the race of an incumbent president after he won nearly all of his party's primary delegates, and ...

From its beginning, the Riverside Church ran a preschool, one that doubled as a microcosm of Fosdick’s mission of inclusivity ...

From the White House he will soon cede to Trump, Biden likens the current crop of tech moguls to the “robber barons” of the ...

Kamala Harris is reportedly planning to write a tell-all book about her presidential run and defeat to Donald Trump. The vice president, who leaves office on Monday, has largely disappeared from ...

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He cited cases interpreting the statute that date back to the late 19th century, and appear to mostly deal with ex-Confederates and attempts in the 1890s to obstruct the mail. In some ways ...