On December 8th, 1795, President George Washington delivered the 7th State of the Union Address in the history of the United States. During this address, President Washington referred to the Novem...
Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution allows the sitting President to "grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment." Preside...
John O. Koehler isn't the shortest-serving US cabinet member - that distinction belongs to Thomas M.T. McKennan, Anthony Scaramucci and Elihu Washburne, all of whom resigned or were forced out from th...
There haven't been many rejected (by Senate) cabinet nominations over the history of the United States. In fact, there have been just NINE cabinet nominations that have been rejected by the Senate...
Let's assume for a second that Donald Trump wins his second term as President of the United States in 2024. Four years later, President Trump is still very popular and wants to remain in the White...
In the history of the United States, three Presidential elections have seen the winner walk away with 500+ electoral votes - the 1936 election, the 1972 election and the 1984 election. In 1932, Fr...
The biggest arrow that the Federal Reserve has in its quiver to spark a moribund economy is the interest rate cut. The typical interest rate cut is 25 basis points, or 0.25%. A number of times ove...
In the annals of American history, few events capture the imagination quite like the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. This wasn't just any duel; it was a clash of titans, a moment where...
US Presidential hopefuls are not required to engage in debates when they are running for the highest office in the United States. If a Presidential hopeful decides that they don't want to debate, ther...
Here is one of the great "What Ifs": What if Richard Nixon had worn make-up to the first debate of the 1960 US Presidential election? If he had worn make-up, there is a good chance that he would...
John Rutledge is in the record books for a couple of different reasons. To start, he is the only person to have ever resigned from the Supreme Court TWICE - once, in 1791 (Associate Justice) and a...
Here is something that may never happen again - in the 1820 US Presidential election, President James Monroe ran unopposed. Incumbent James Monroe, who represented the Democratic-Republican party ...
Polling numbers are fairly accurate in this day and age (though not completely infallible), though this wasn't always the case. Case in point: the 1936 US Presidential election between Franklin D....
Harvesting gains before a potential increase in the capital gains rate, or something more ominous? This is the question that investors are asking themselves after Berkshire Hathaway - led by the le...
In 1951, three quarters of the states ratified the 22nd Amendment, four years after it passed Congress. The 22nd Amendment, which was passed by Congress shortly a few years after the death of Fran...