Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy's time as judge showed his quick mind, populist tendencies and allowed him to raise his statewide profile as he contemplated his future in higher office.

It was high-roller Joe McCarthy’s go-for-broke toss of the dice. In the fall of 1953, he put the U.S. Army in his crosshairs. He had already gone after the State Department, the Voice of America ...

December 2 is a landmark day in Senate history, marking that chamber’s historic censure of Joseph McCarthy for his conduct during public hearings.

An appraisal of the late Senator from Wisconsin. No admirer, Mr. Rovere does have a lively and abiding curiosity about the man. While the book adds little new information to what was generally written ...

Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) appeared on the "Longines Chronoscope" interview program. Topics included the presidential and senatorial campaigns in Wisconsin, communists in the federal ...

Michael Shannon will play the fiery, controversial Republican U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy in a feature film about his life called “McCarthy.” The film will be presented to buyers at the ...

When he ran for U.S. Senate in 1946, McCarthy’s longtime friend, Urban Van Susteren, served as his campaign manager. Van Susteren was the father of TV news anchor and commentator Greta Van Susteren.

Chief Senate counsel representing the Army Joseph Welch (left) being questioned by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy-Army hearings in 1954. (Wikimedia Commons / US Senate ...

1954: Senator Joseph McCarthy appears on inaugural "Face the Nation" episode 01:02. On the inaugural episode of "Face the Nation", 67 years ago, the first guest to join the round table was then ...

McCarthy’s postwar career only makes it more difficult for anyone trying to find a relatable human being underneath the myth: He became a senator from Wisconsin in 1946 and ostentatiously hunted ...

In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use “McCarthyism ...