The failures and wrongdoings of 2016 have been widely reported, and it wouldn’t take much Googling to find out how upsetting current events over the past year have been to big swaths of […]

By the time Jeb(!) had entered the presidential race, nearly a full two years before voting was set to begin, the Bush brand had stood the test of time in Republican […]

When a little-known senator from Vermont entered the Democratic presidential race to challenge Hillary Clinton, we can assume she set down her chalice on the wrought iron table at whatever […]

Carved into Mount Rushmore and the history books as a legendary figure and one of America’s founding fathers, George Washington made his way to the presidency after an epic win at […]

In a year when nary a moment felt calm and people felt pitted against one another in some of the starkest terms of “black and white” we’ve seen since the […]

Dating all the way back to the 19th century, presidents and their families have held onto Christmas traditions, some of which hold up even to today in a time when the […]

When President-elect Donald Trump tapped Marine Corps. Gen. John F. Kelly to become his Homeland Security chief, it broke with a 15-year tradition of having lawyers and academics run the […]

It could be a national catastrophe. No “first pet” in the White House? Come on, Donald Trump! The businessman (turned president) keeps no dog, kitten or even a snake in […]

When in was announced that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was being nominated to head the Environmental Protection Agency, many conservationists and eco-friendly greens were abundantly appalled to find out one […]

After writing his college thesis on Kentucky Sen. Henry Clay and his pivotal role in the Compromise of 1850, Mitch McConnell set out to become the next great senator from […]