POLITICS

Without federal employees watching, visitors are leaving garbage—and their feces—everywhere.

Abraham Lincoln's successor—and the first United States president to be impeached—liked to tend to a family of mice.

The 28th president kept a flock of sheep on the White House lawn.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg used her voice to shape the course of our nation’s history.

"This is maybe the most important time to re-release this film," director Steven Spielberg said.

The former president got the dog shortly after the death of his wife earlier this year.

Hester Pulter broke convention—and the expectations of her gender and class—by writing about science and politics.

Was the outbreak a true epidemic, or an example of mass hysteria?

Among those who don't believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing JFK, the same names keep popping up.

From ancient Egypt to the modern-day world of competitive darts, history is full of gassy controversies.

The greatest speech in American history had a tough act to follow.

During colonial times and in the earliest days of the U.S., a small number of women managed to vote despite circumstances stacked against them.