The first steam engine ship, Diana, was launched on July 12, 1863, and became one of the earliest instances of a ...

Bill Kristol has had a change of heart. He is now opposed to the president sending alleged foreign enemies to rot in overseas ...

The Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign wasted no time beginning work to restore a “historic” ...

It’s a woman’s world at the box office as “Avengers” star Scarlett Johansson has become the top-grossing star according to ...

Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment.

Right after World War II, a crucial alliance between the two countries fell apart. We are still paying the price.

America is at war with itself. Many, myself included, fear that political, social, cultural, ideological and economic ...

The driving force on Capitol Hill is cowardice, as both GOPers and Dems confess to fear of violence. It wasn't always that ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

As a war expert on a CIA panel, UC San Diego political scientist Barbara Walter helped forecast civil wars in other countries ...

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...