Donald Trump

The roots of the influential institution at the center of the Trump-Russia investigation.

The Trump Administration has clamored for a military parade. What are the origins of tank-led celebrations?

Were the founders really warning us about Trump, or were they just playing politics, too?

Trump's plans for the federal workforce sound reasonable, but they would actually undo a century of reforms.

The enduring popularity of "The Camp of the Saints" sheds light on nativists' historical opposition to immigration.

The term "fake news" dates back to the end of the 19th century.

The Reverend Dr. Henry Highland Garnet may be the most famous African American you never learned about.

On 400 years of tribalism, genocide, expulsion, and imprisonment.

For unpopular presidents, the State of the Union is a minefield.

A spate of new books explores the composition and motivations of the demographic that has been credited with electing Trump.

Sometimes you have to break the rules to create a more democratic system.

Before Trump, one lobbyist’s pursuit of foreign cash and shady deals laid the groundwork for Washington’s corruption.

The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today.

It’s beginning to feel like the 1980s all over again.

Another news cycle, another media mogul stirring up electoral buzz.

Clinton's memoir addresses the gendered discourse and larger feminist contexts of the 2016 presidential campaign.

The show's rollicking one-liners and bawdy routines paved the way for cutting-edge television satire.

Despite his extreme rhetoric, Trump is merely the latest in a long line of U.S. leaders unwilling to pony up for global environmental accords.

Keeping the Irish poor out of America helped shape our restrictive immigration policies.

But it’s seriously dated. And there's another tradition he could draw on.