The second president of the USA, John Adams, was a founding father of the Federalist Party. Explore his biography, presidency challenges like the Alien and Sedition Acts, and key accomplishments ...

President John Adams rejected July 4 celebrations, insisting July 2 marked true American independence. Learn the story behind ...

When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...

Adams won; Jefferson took the Vice-Presidency. In 1800 they were pitted against each other again. This time Jefferson won, but their friendship lapsed.

T he 2020s have so far been an incredibly hostile era to protest in the United States. The latter stages of the first Trump ...

At the end of a Cabinet meeting that had already stretched for some 90 minutes with talk of wars and disasters, Trump spent ...

Forgive me, I’m on a movie kick. I wrote about the 50th anniversary of Jaws last week. Besides, for this holiday column, I ...

John Quincy Adams' "America First" dogma advocates for the U.S. to ... This is a chance to define a presidency, and as we approach the 204 th anniversary of Adams’ speech, I honestly and truthfully ...

Stream Season 6 now with KPBS Passport! David Rubenstein’s skillful questioning of acclaimed writers like Robert A. Caro, Ron ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

Few presidential powers are as consequential and enduring as the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court of the United ...

These principles were not revolutionary but “ancient” and universal, they argued. “By one Statute it is declared, that Parliament can ‘of right make Laws to bind us in all Cases whatsoever,’” their ...