America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, threatened to decapitate his vice president, John Calhoun, for supporting South Carolina’s proposed secession from the U.S. “If you secede from my nation,” ...

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Jean Lafitte’s last rival left Galveston on Jul. 8, 1817 leaving the self-proclaimed “President” of Texas in complete control of the island.

As it begins its 249th year in business as a country, the United States owes more than $30 trillion in debt and spends nearly $2 trillion more per year than it collects. Those numbers won’t be ...

The threat of a freeze on states enforcing AI laws prompted lawmakers to get creative, forming some unusual political ...

Big Beautiful Bill’ moves forward as Republicans narrowly pass House rule vote - President’s megabill facing further opposition in House in key procedural vote after narrowly passing Senate on Tuesday ...

Tickets are now on sale for a train service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, that has been revived 20 years after it ...

Popular for his exploits in the War of 1812, President Andrew Jackson in 1832 scoffed at a Supreme Court ruling that did not go his way. When Chief Justice John ...

The threat of a freeze on states enforcing AI laws prompted lawmakers to get creative, forming some unusual political alliances.

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday ...

VERSACE DEATH SCENE: Police investigation in front of designer Gianni Versace’s Casa Casuarina mansion on Ocean Drive where the fashion mogul was murdered on the steps of his home on July 15, 1997 by ...