Before their fatal duel, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up in court to save a man from the gallows

The writer succumbed to complications from esophageal cancer

Careful, folks: When the podiums are thrown out, all bets are off

“We are looking at it pretty seriously,” said an attorney representing six groups allegedly targeted by the IRS

We should prepare against any drastic measures from war to martial law Trump may undertake to escape his crises

The real parallel to today's conservative backlash isn't the Boston Tea Party. It's the Whiskey Rebellion

Part of the Electoral College's original purpose was to protect slave-state power. Will it redeem its history now?

Trump held a MAGA rally in Green Bay during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington

The Iowa congressman doesn't seem to fully understand what that word means, however

Activists today invoke the 2nd and 4th Amendments as if they're kindred spirits with Madison. Here's the real story

The NYTimes columnist's #Ham4Ham riff on the Paris climate meeting must've seemed like a good idea at the time

PBS' two-part documentary shows our country's most relatable Founding Father – statesman, inventor ... rascal

He venerates Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and others -- but for a thoroughly phony reason

Holiday movies have become firmly embedded in Americans’ winter celebrations.

Jim "Geithner-makes-me-sick!" Cramer suddenly becomes a Treasury Secretary fanboy. Could this economic crisis get any weirder?