The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

In the summer of 1881, a gunshot at a Washington D.C. train station set off one of the most dramatic chapters in American ...

Over the past few years, the role of public office has been associated with extreme wealth and celebrity status. It's not uncommon for politicians to leave office with way more money than can be ...

Cheney, who extolled the power of the presidency, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. The cause was complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.

The Insurrection Act has been used on 30 occasions in U.S. history, according to a think tank. It hasn’t been used in more than 30 years. Seventeen of the country’s 45 presidents, about 37%, have ...

In Dick Cheney’s hands, the vice presidency became a nexus of influence and manipulation — no longer the timid office where its occupants had tended their boss’s ambitions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has ...