Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. His election was among the reasons that led to the ...

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There has been more optimism in the upper chamber over the last several days than the entire shutdown so far, as more and ...

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance House-passed legislation to reopen the government on the day the shutdown tied ...

Six years ago, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill were roommates and freshmen members of Congress, part of a record-breaking wave of women who helped Democrats win back the ...

Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol. The GOP ...

Wilson, a native of Staunton, won the election in a landslide victory, securing 435 electoral votes. Meanwhile, the ...

President Trump has yet to comment on Dick Cheney’s death. The White House lowered flags on Tuesday morning, though made no ...

The first and only woman to be speaker of the House also was the most powerful and prominent woman in Washington to effectively confront President Trump.

"We have to work together," said Political Analyst Brian Clardy. "We have to pull together, and we'll — we will relitigate these political differences later, but at this moment, it's ...

The ongoing government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, continues to affect millions of Americans with no ...

A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now.