If President Donald Trump's threat to tariff Canadian imports by 25% goes forward, 200 years of peaceful and profitable Great Lakes maritime trade will be at risk.

Jefferson’s sentiments reflected the prevailing mood of a sizable majority of the country at the dawn of the 19th century: A ...

A small fence built along the Canada-U.S. border in Delta, B.C., may be violating a long-standing treaty from 1814. The fence ...

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...

The act remains in effect until the president terminates it. The law was used in the War of 1812 between the United States ...

An unguarded, black chain-link fence erected in B.C. along the U.S.-Canada border is now the subject of an international ...

James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...

The Alien Enemies Act, enacted in 1798, permits the U.S. president to deport or detain individuals from enemy nations during wartime. Historically invoked during U.S. wars with Britain and in World ...

The Act remains in effect until the president terminates it. The law was used in the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain and in both World Wars and was used to detain and deport ...

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and other presidents.

And don’t forget: the nation’s anthem, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ by Francis Scott Key was born of the War of 1812. The Global War on Terror, however, has never had the cultural prominence ...