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Despite his administration’s successful push in outlawing bigamy and legalizing divorce, President Martin Van Buren (whose nickname was “Little Magician”) is hardly remembered for his policies.

Weakening the professional civil service could turn back the clock to an era when government was rife with corruption.

The president, who has flirted with regal rhetoric, wants a historic copy of America’s founding document placed in the Oval ...

So numerous were the removals in the city of Washington that the business of the place seems paralyzed.” No, that isn’t an ...

This small occupant of an office once held by big people (from Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe, ...

From the French word “petite,” meaning “small,” comes the English word “petty,” which describes the Trump administration.

From the French word “petite,” meaning “small,” comes the English word “petty,” which describes the Trump administration. This is greatness as restored by the midgets of MAGA: ...

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On March 4, 2005, homemaking guru Martha Stewart returned home after serving five months in a federal prison for conspiracy, ...

Secretary of State Martin Van Buren unsuccessfully tried to calm matters by calling on Peggy Eaton and her husband at their home. “The political history of the United States, for the last thirty ...