It's not just home to the U.S.'s founding documents. The National Archives safeguards about 13.5 billion paper records, including the check used to buy Alaska and Adolf Hitler's will.

But the Declaration and the Constitution did not arrive till 1952 ... From there, Deputy Archivist Jay Bosanko runs day-to-day operations. He invited us into their most restricted vault, where cameras ...

Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson, esteemed Detroit journalists and founders of “The Civility Project," came to speak during Eastern Michigan University’s Constitution Day celebrations to encourage ...

“Happy Constitution Day, everyone,” Eastman wrote in a GiveSendGo fundraising update on Sept. 17, “the day in 1787 that our ...

Madison Mayor Satya-Rhodes Conway says the political "center of gravity' is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day.

Sweeping sentencing reforms in 2021 didn’t impact Colorado’s municipal courts. As a result, the potential jail sentences for ...

Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the ...

While it’s rare for an official to push for elimination or appointing of an elected position, it’s not unheard of.

Our review of historical campaign records shows that although they might not have had the data and tools that David Axelrod ...

Amid squabbling over policy and candidates, Sara McKay’s most basic message was: None of that matters if you let others make ...

Democrats in the battleground state are counting on a sea change in the mood of young voters that could bolster their ...

On this sixth day of Constitution Week we focus is on Benjamin Franklin, who, at age 81, was the oldest delegate at the ...