When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

In 1975, industrialist Norton Simon took over the critically acclaimed but financially troubled Pasadena Art Museum. Simon spent decades building a food production empire, starting with a small juice ...

The backstory: The museum’s art is a blend of the private collection of industrialist Norton Simon and holdings of the Pasadena Art Museum. The museum shows works by masters such as Rembrandt and ...

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the mayor-elect goes behind the scenes of his meeting with the president and talks ...

A proposal to rename Chaim Herzog Park in Rathgar, Ireland, has become the nexus of a long-standing spat between Ireland and ...

The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs ...

During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca ...

Former congressman Chris Gibson’s The Spirit of Philadelphia argues that recovering a lost “common sense realism” may be the only way to heal American politics.

Such a decision will “destroy the structure of government” and remove one of the remaining roadblocks to the president’s ...

Archives are a powerful way to expose historical abuses — from war crimes to broken government promises — by preserving ...

The House and Senate voted in favor of the Justice Department releasing the Epstein files after President Donald Trump urged ...

I drove across the country to bear witness — to speak with those living their ordinary lives amid the darkness of the Trump ...