In 1987, Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison for selling national secrets to Israel. Last July, nearly a decade ...

President Donald Trump seems to be scaling back his ambition to repeal and replace the law. But he is struggling to ease ...

On our American heritage, Reagan said, “we’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion but what’s important — why the Pilgrims came here, who Jimmy Doolittle was, and what those 30 seconds ...

The Strategic Defense Initiative, or “Star Wars,” was far too ambitious for the technology of its era—but its programs live on in various US air defense efforts.

A federal judge resigned in protest over President Donald Trump's "assault on rule of law," citing the president's partisan ...

In the letter, Wolf accused the Trump administration of corruption, using the law for partisan purposes and activating the Department of Justice as a tool for “targeting his adversaries while sparing ...

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan narrowly survived an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. He ...

2 of 2 — President Ronald Reagan attends a meeting with Republican Minority Leader Bob Michael (left) and Rep. Cheney, R-Wyo., at the White House on March 22, 1983. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, ...

2 of 2 — President Ronald Reagan attends a meeting with Republican Minority Leader Bob Michael (left) and Rep. Cheney, R-Wyo., at the White House on March 22, 1983. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, ...

On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Also on this date ...

WASHINGTON – He was the most powerful and the most controversial vice president in American history. Richard Bruce Cheney was a laconic onetime college dropout who found his place in Washington, ...