During a life that spanned more than 75 years, American social reformer, orator, statesman and abolitionist Frederick Douglass was known for his passion, his faith and his drive to abolish slavery ...

More than 60 protesters gathered outside U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s Lancaster County district office on Friday afternoon to ...

A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A Speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former Speaker of the House ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

Marjorie Taylor Greene during her DOGE subcommittee hearing Wednesday by bringing a “d–k pic” — and unveiling a giant photo ...

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé, associates of assaulting her, raping others in nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor.