President Thomas Jefferson engineered the purchase of Louisiana from the French (800,000 square miles for 15 million dollars) ...

The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Mr. President, how do you respond to criticism that your impoundment of funds abrogates power or authority that the Constitution gave to Congress?” a reporter asked then-President Richard Nixon at ...

JAMMIN’ ON JULIA: Arts District New Orleans will host the spring art walk + music festival April 5, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The art ...

The Louisiana Purchase stands as one of the most significant events in American history, representing a monumental land ...

The abrupt cancellation last month of a search for a new operator of Jefferson Lab has raised questions about how it will stay open when the current operations contract ends in May and what future ...

Thomas Jefferson enslaved hundreds of people and had six children with one of them, Sally Hemings, yet he also called the institution a "moral depravity" and ordered Congress to abolish the ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has said no too many times for President Donald Trump’s liking. The Kentucky Republican makes no qualms about breaking from his party or its leader, having been the ...

Mr. Purdum is a former White House correspondent and Los Angeles bureau chief for The Times. Last week, The Atlantic reported that President Trump wants to display the Declaration of Independence ...

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have announced the recipients of the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, awarded each year to national and ...

A man of many talents, Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the U.S. He was the author of the Declaration of American Independence and a founding father of the country. He was the nation ...