NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." ...

In the last 50 years the federal government has come to at least a partial shutdown 11 times. Some have lasted a day or more.

Beginning the bombardment in earnest, a red-hot cannonball scored a direct hit on the magazine, igniting all that gunpowder.

We got this University of Tennessee class before Grand Theft Auto VI? You can thank the same professor who taught history ...

With clashes reverberating over recent years about the role of the Judicial Branch, becoming even more rambunctious lately, this fine book offers a time-out. By laying out an almost ...