Americans' trust in the government—now near a record low—has been underwater for decades. But that wasn't always the case..

The president is expected to take more actions this year, including possible payments to compensate Jan. 6 defendants.

Americans have demonstrated an increasing tendency to live in the present. To avoid future calamities, we must show that we ...

Five years after the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the fundamental facts of that day continue to fuel deep divisions that have created dueling political realities.

A succession of presidents and their families have kept animals at the White House, some more unusual than others, including ...

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt's bold creation of a new political party, the Bull Moose Party, challenged rivals Taft and Wilson ...

The legal theories the administration has floated to defend its actions draw on a historical source the president once ...

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar is a rare modern royal who returned from an American education to uphold Mysuru’s ...

At 7 a.m., the earth began to rumble. Suddenly, oil blew out of its well in a massive eruption that towered 200 feet in the air and sprayed the fearful villagers of La Rosa.

The 13 American colonies embraced government 'of laws, not of men,' and they strove to limit the power of future presidents.

As the Trump administration tries to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR investigative project is preserving evidence of the crimes committed that day.