But on the other hand, its director, the librarian of Congress, is appointed by the president, and has been since the role was created by an 1802 statute. Since 1870, the library has also been ...

Maine’s natural resources and ecosystems are changing — we need to do something about it. As I’m sure we all know by this ...

After the Civil War, conservatives used terrorism, cold-blooded murder, and economic coercion to fight the new state ...

From stolen train riches in 1870 to a Washoe Tribe basket gifted to President Wilson, a trove of lost treasures have vanished ...

Senate Bill 1870 relates "to municipal and county enforcement of drug and consumable hemp product laws; providing civil penalties." As of Tuesday, April 22, the bill still had one more vote to go ...

KXAN dug through the legislative archives to find out. How many bills typically pass? As seen in the chart below, the ...

One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong ...

Effective Republican organizing and intraparty divisions among Democrats solidified GOP political dominance until the 1930s.

I am far from the only one indebted to an immigrant parent or grandparent that came to America to better provide for their ...

After successfully advocating for designation of a national Mother's Day to honor her mom, Anna Jarvis fought its ...

Kappa Alpha Theta is urging members through its website to contact members of Congress regarding cuts to the sorority’s ...