A collection of essays by the late David McCullough, including some never published before, will be released this fall. “History Matters” is scheduled for Sept. 16, Simon & ...

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

Differing interpretations of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson’s classic 1940 speech, “The Federal Prosecutor,” figured in ...

The United States is in a constitutional crisis with scant historical precedent. President Donald Trump has launched a power grab, through executive orders and proclamations. He’s installed the world’ ...

With an audience of over 120 million people, the performance broke viewership records. But at times it seemed designed to speak directly to me.

The 47th president says he’ll comply with court decisions. The seventh didn’t always do so.