The CIA's International Literacy Center played a vital role in providing access to “the expression of independent ideas so desperately sought by millions.” ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced Thursday he plans to run for re-election next year, shattering speculation his congressional ...

Lepore offers a sweeping, poignant narrative of American history, centered on the founding ideals of the United States. She ...

How the University of Iowa's Center for the Book played a major hand in protecting the United States' founding documents.

The House passed the "big, beautiful bill" after a grueling session and met President Donald Trump's deadline for July 4 ...

The overwhelming consensus on Capitol Hill was that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) would only delay President ...

The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate freedom—freedom to make a hungry shark happy, should one so please. That’s exactly ...

The 6-3 decision Friday in a case brought by parents in Maryland comes as certain books are increasingly being banned from public schools and libraries.

In a dissenting opinion, Sotomayor argued that the decision would “impose impossible administrative burdens on schools” by ...

GOP leaders insist they aren't trying to end the 60-vote rule. Democrats warned that by ignoring the parliamentarian in this case, they are "going nuclear" on the filibuster.

Could it succeed where filibusters have failed? Many other long Senate speeches in history offer a variety of useful historical hints about the political significance of Booker’s record-breaking ...

Filibusters throughout history Booker’s speech set a new record for the longest continuous speech in the Senate, surpassing Senator Strom Thurmond’s 24-hour speech in 1957 to try to prevent ...