I n a pair of blog posts responding to Donald Trump’s address to Congress, the president’s niece, Mary Trump, lamented that the American experiment has failed.. Her initial piece called her ...

In a pair of blog posts responding to Donald Trump’s address to Congress, the president’s niece, Mary Trump, lamented that the American experiment has failed. Rugged individualism caused ...

In March 1801, Thomas Jefferson prepared to succeed John Adams as president of the United States. Four years earlier, George Washington had left office voluntarily, rejecting widespread appeals for ...

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson prepared to succeed John Adams as president of the United States. Four years earlier, George Washington had left office voluntarily, rejecting widespread appeals for him ...

Donald Trump violated a principle central to the American experiment and the Supreme Court should do as ... 61,000 ballots that vote-tabulation machines had failed to record. One ...

The Adams-Jefferson transfer of power was the first test of a core principle of the young nation: An incumbent president would give way to his successor peacefully.