A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period ...

However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

Adams made the fateful decision to retain Washington’s Cabinet, seeking to maintain continuity in the two administrations. Unfortunately, a faction in the Federalist Cabinet undermined the new ...

The US is not unaccustomed to contentious elections, but they rarely result in violence. However, an electoral tie and a ...

By 1795, the Federalists had become a party in name as well. After John Adams, their candidate, was elected president in 1796, the Federalists began to decline. The Federalists' suppression of ...

But I’m struck by the similarities between 2024 and a much earlier election, one of the most consequential in our nation’s ...

The most extreme accusations Democrats and Republicans hurl at one another today would be familiar to the Founding Fathers.

As Chervinsky puts it, “George Washington created the presidency, but John Adams defined it.” He barely got the job. Alexander Hamilton, the Federalist Party’s de facto chief, disliked Adams ...

Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants if elected, a move that has only been ...

In the 1800 presidential campaign with Federalist John Adams running against Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson, the Federalists’ campaign slogan was: ‘GOD — AND A RELIGIOUS PRESIDENT ...

America’s struggle with facts versus fabrication and truth versus conspiracy theories has been going on for centuries. Thomas ...