As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape American government in his own image, the question of whether our democracy can ...

If there is a paradigmatic example of this crisis in American history, it can be found in the secession crisis of 1860 to ...

In contrast, Trump has pushed presidential bounds and was a profligate spender in his first term. Another difference: ...

President Donald Trump, in the first month-and-a-half of his second term, has issued a flurry of executive orders, frozen or ...

Alina Habba, an advisor to President Donald Trump, posted a video on social media platform X Tuesday of what she called ...

An executive order from the desk of then-President Franklin Roosevelt. The notorious Order 9066 paved the way for imprisoning citizens, declaring the West Coast a war zone and thus permitting it to be ...

The only relevant question is not “how can the government do this?” It is “how can we who oppose this fascist regime?

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the internment of Japanese ...

Trump postponed tariffs on Mexican goods once again last week. As Mexico's president celebrated the delay, some companies ...

You're next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...

Like many others, Keipinger worries about possible cuts to federal safety nets like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.