Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...

Since at least the Civil War, Alexander ... Mr. Obama’s favorite way of resolving the resulting tension was to borrow the “more perfect Union” of the Constitution’s preamble. The Hamilton ...

One of the core arguments I advance in this series is that as American citizens we have no hope of understanding, much less ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda made a surprise appearance as Hamilton—but that wasn’t even the most memorable part of the sketch.

This jaw-droppingly popular musical about the Founding Fathers has been on stages around the world for a decade. Does it feel ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda reprised his iconic Alexander Hamilton role during a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live. The sketch comedy show’s latest cold open spoofed the Founding Fathers when they ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Boasting drop-dead, direct views of the Manhattan skyline, this waterfront Victorian stands right near the site where Vice President Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, first secretary ...

In his first week in office, President Trump displayed an unusually expansive vision of executive authority. He challenged ...

His second term may end up making that look like an innocent era ... nor corrupt his integrity by appealing to his avarice,” Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 73, referring to Congress.