“Radical Republicans” in Congress wanted penalties on states that had seceded and on the Confederacy’s leaders and combatants. They also advocated Reconstruction programs that enfranchised ...

President Trump said that tariffs would generate so much income that Americans would no longer need to pay income taxes.

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped child labor laws get passed, are worth our attention once again.

“The fact of the matter is that if Donald Trump had gone on that debate stage and, you know, shit his pants and had a heart attack, Republicans ... a full-scale reconstruction of the rooms ...

The reasons for the radical action were plain ... which had not yet committed to secession—with Republicans from the North, many of them, as Winik reveals, operating under the direct or indirect ...

The President of the United States is widely considered to be the most powerful person in the world. Since the ratification ...

A Republican lawmaker ... it's facial reconstruction, and then breast reductions and chest augmentation," Caldwell said. "And so now your health care plan, even if you disagree with this, you ...

The Republicans ... Johnson for firing a Radical member of his cabinet, though the real issue was whether the Congress or the president would determine the course of Reconstruction policy.

Thus Grant eludes the plan of John Wilkes Booth and his co ... opponent of the President and stands close to the radical Republicans who dominate Congress. Stanton has refused to resign and ...

Iran is on the offensive, determined to take over Syria militarily, to project its radical power from Tehran all the way ... despite rising economic rivalry over reconstruction opportunities in Syria.

President Trump is testing principle of "checks and balances" like rarely before, signing executive orders, closing or sharply reducing government agencies, and denigrating judges who ruled against ...

House Republicans are embarking on wholesale changes ... “It makes it harder for students to know what it’s going to cost and to plan ahead.” The bill also imposes new aggregate loan limits ...