7 ways Donald Trump’s historic win makes him a political trailblazer

When he rode down a gold escalator with a supermodel at his side, nobody took him seriously. After a verbal spat with Megyn Kelly at the first GOP debate, nobody […]

5 things to know about John F. Kelly, Homeland Security chief nominee

On Wednesday, Donald Trump named his nominee for the next leader of Homeland Security, retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly. The announcement comes the same day the president-elect was named Time Magazine’s “Person of […]

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘Infamy Speech’ is one of the all-time best remembered

During a lazy Sunday around Christmastime in 1941, as Americans were listening to their musical programs, comedy routines, and New York Giants versus the Brooklyn Dodgers in N.F.L. football, radio broadcasts were interrupted to announce […]