One of the biggest reasons that President Bill Clinton won the 1992 election was because of his promise to balance the federal budget. Economic growth had stalled in the United States and deficits...
As of this moment, the United States government (according to them) controls roughly 300 million ounces of gold, which is currently valued at around $900 billion. Of this amount, 147.3 million oun...
There have been a number of people who have served for more than a decade in a single Cabinet post. Names that include the likes of Albert Gallatin (Treasury), Frances Perkins (Labor) and Harold I...
Did you know that the government of Canada collected BILLIONS of dollars for a tax increase that never actually happened? In the year 2000, the Canadian Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Pa...
The Constitution of the United States requires that the President receive "compensation" for his services "which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have bee...
Cover your eyes and hold your nose. According to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office), which is a non-partisan organization that is tasked with providing analysis for the US Congress, the United ...
President Donald Trump recently teased that he could "perhaps" pursue a third Presidential term in 2028. As it stands right now, President Trump is barred from seeking a third term as President. T...
There is a good chance that you have never heard of Chagos Islands (or Chagos Archipelago), which is a 22 square mile group of islands in the Indian Ocean. Chagos Islands is an enormously importan...
In June of 1987, Senator Joe Biden from Delaware announced that he would be running for President in 1988. Senator Biden was considered one of the strongest candidates to win the Democratic nomina...
On March 4th, 1933, Frances Perkins made history when she was named as the new Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was the first time that a woman had ever been appointe...
Over the history of the United States, only two men have ever resigned as Vice President - Spiro Agnew and John C. Calhoun. Spiro Agnew served as Vice President under President Richard Nixon for a...
There has been a great deal of discussion lately over the purchase of a territory by one sovereign nation from another sovereign nation, as President Donald Trump has mentioned the United States poten...
The story is now the stuff of legend. In 2000, the two co-founders of Netflix, Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, set up a meeting with Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco. The Netflix...
The tradition of an outgoing US President leaving a letter in the Oval Office desk for their successor is a fairly new one. In 1989, outgoing two-term President Ronald Reagan left a letter to Pres...
President Joe Biden issued a total of 160 Executive orders during his time in the White House, with his last being numbered Executive Order ("EO") 14144. This means that there have been a total of...