During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

The co-hosts of the In the Arena podcast revisit when House Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed, a Republican from Portland, effectively ended filibustering in 1890.

In November of 1876, the United States witnessed the closest presidential election in history. Rutherford B. Hayes was the ...

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

FOLSOM, Calif. — At the edge of the American River near downtown Folsom is an old brick building that played a big part in ...

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President Joe Biden created two new national monuments on more than 860,000 acres of California sacred tribal lands, beloved hiking trails and wilderness habitat at the White House on Tuesday evening.

The U.S. House of Representatives may again struggle to pick a speaker, and one veteran analyst is warning that a protracted election process wouldn’t bode well for market-moving matters that ...

Ship them to California ... states seeing red. Take it from me, a former registered Democrat on the ground: California is at a tipping point. Anyone still shocked by the presidential election ...

But different factions of the House Republican Conference ... Because my colleagues from other states, they’re not excited about just giving California money.” The threat that any form of ...

A day always filled with excitement and anticipation also featured drama. The House of Representatives elected a new speaker, but he wasn't the candidate who had his party's official backing.

Thompson, who was the chair of the House select committee investigating ... "When I hear someone about to be sworn into the presidency of the United States say he wants to lock you up for doing ...