Last Friday we celebrated the Fourth of July, which is remembered as the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. But while the Declaration has more flowery language and lots of ringing ...

It is nothing short of a miracle that we have been able to succeed against all odds, overcoming all of the hate, harm and ...

History is full of drama, romance, thrills, and war, so it's only natural that movies about history would be varied, too.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the tax piece of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” a core component of his agenda, would add to deficits after 2034, the end of the 10-year ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation to commemorate Juneteenth. The federal holiday was created to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the United States, which was ...

Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment. (Courtesy of Sotheby's via SWNS) By Dean Murray Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned.

The Thirteenth Amendment copy on offer is among only 15 recorded manuscript copies signed by Lincoln, and one of just nine signed by Lincoln alongside the senators and congressmen who passed it for ...

In McDonald, the Court observed that 22 States out of 37 States in 1868, when the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified, protected the right to keep and bear arms in their State Bills of Rights, i.e ...

The 13th Amendment officially ended slavery and involuntary servitude at the federal level, except as a punishment for a crime. That loophole has been capitalized upon since the amendment passed.