The two presidents in the 1800s were born near Charlotte but carried out their political careers in Tennessee.

The power of unelected and unconfirmed presidential aides and counselors has become much more intense since Old Hickory's ...

The United States is in a constitutional crisis with scant historical precedent. President Donald Trump has launched a power ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The United States is in a constitutional crisis with scant historical precedent as President ...

Trump is targeting courts across the country as judges block several of his decisions. The move has already been tried by ...

We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...

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From 1861 to 1890s, high tariffs dominated as the source of federal government revenue under Republican-led protectionism economic policy. Today’s push against tariffs is no different than the Debates ...

During the presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), however, the pretense of “merit” was scrapped in favor of a “populist” spoils system in which he hired friends and others loyal to him.