House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) held a news conference on day 27 of a federal government shutdown and commented on House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (NY) endorsement of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D). Speaker Johnson said…

President Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Tokyo, Japan. He was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. They answered questions on …

President Trump met with Japanese Emperor Naruhito during his overseas trip to Asia.

Sean Michael Newhouse analyzed the disparate impact of the government shutdown based on Americans' zip codes and political affiliations.

On September 14, 1847, Winfield Scott’s Army marched into Mexico City, marking the final stages of the Mexican-American War. University of Texas professor Aaron O’Connell chronicles the war’s causes, the divisions it inflamed, and its aftermath.

The Trump administration recently declassified papers held in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. Historian Fred Logevall talks with JFK library director Alan Price about what these records reveal of Cold War intelligence.

Author James Dodson discusses the 800-mile long Great Wagon Road that became colonial America’s primary road in the mid-1700s and facilitated the mass migration of European settlers to Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Scientists Michael Mann and Peter Hotez argue there’s a growing anti-scientific movement promoted by scammers and dark money. Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.

Author William Lopez documents the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on small and rural towns -- and the fallout for families and local economies.