William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so ...

Both men saw tariffs as a source of income for the U.S. and both became enamored of high protective tariffs in their 30s. For McKinley, it happened at age 34, upon entering Congress on advice from ...

As The New Yorker turns a hundred, we asked Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ottessa Moshfegh to compose new stories that were ...

For McKinley, it happened at age 34, upon entering Congress on advice from then-President Rutherford Hayes, who suggested he make one issue the signature cause in his political career.

I did NOT have the birthday of my dreams last weekend! Everyone knows that 79 is the tank birthday. One is paper, 77 is ...

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As the NATO summit kicks off in Brussels today, a look at how European leaders are preparing for Trump’s arrival and why the ...

Beneath his cowboy hat, he smuggled two ideas that were anathema to movement conservatives, neoliberalism and ...

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans. This will not be the first ...

Reagan took the traditional conservative beliefs in anti-Communism and deregulation and transformed them into faith in globalization. He believed in the assertion of both American power and American ...

You have to give Donald Trump credit for one thing: for all his inconsistency on many issues, he believes deeply in high ...