Mock hearings, last-minute deals and primary threats helped move controversial nominees through the Senate.

This is McConnell unplugged, three weeks into the Trump administration, and his new role as no longer the Senate GOP leader ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their government. In his era, elite southern enslavers insisted that government had no ...

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

The series, which is sold out this year, takes place at the Hilton Naples, featuring a buffet breakfast, a talk by a ...

Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the man generally acknowledged – with the possible exception of George Washington – to be America’s ...

Yet as President Donald Trump and his zealous lieutenants streamroll the federal government and the Constitution, acquiescence is the new normal in Washington. With the exception of a few vocal ...

The "Rachel Maddow Show" host took aim Monday night at President Trump's cabinet picks, calling them "a big team of losers." ...

After going into the locker room, down six at the break Abraham Lincoln coach Jason Isaacson challenged his team to up the physicality. They did. The Lynx made a 10-3 run to start the second half ...

For instance, Abraham Lincoln learned from a man, Edwin Stanton, who treated him poorly; that's harder to imagine today, ...