Jeffrey Boutwell, a distant relative, tells his story in the new book “Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy ...

The Upcountry History Museum brings us this week’s this week in history nugget. THIS DAY IN 1872, SOUTH CAROLINA ...

The politics of the early republic weren’t so different from those of today—often messy, fiercely competitive, and driven by ...

Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...

John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...

Gottfried's district is solidly Democratic. The ineligible Johnson received 65% of the vote in November, compared to about 35% for Wikstrom. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris carried the ...

President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to Congress ...

On Thursday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY Congressional Correspondent Riley Beggin takes a closer look at this week's passed House Republican budget bill, and what might be next ...

What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a single store in New Jersey. He sold cups, napkins and other supplies for birthday ...

If lawmakers approve the idea, it would go before voters. Fred Logan, a lawyer and former Kansas Republican Party chair, said during a legislative hearing Tuesday that shifting to elections will ...