The Embargo Act of 1807 was depicted as a snapping turtle in a contemporary political cartoon. “Ograbme” is “embargo spelled backwards. Image via Library of Congress Vermonters weren’t ...

Early American industry was limited to small-scale, home-based production until the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812 spurred local manufacturing. Key developments included Slater's Mill, which ...

In one of his first executive orders, President Trump ordered a report on the U.S. southern border that may or may not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act.

One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders mentions the potential use of the Insurrection Act of 1807 to carry out his immigration policies. The act allows presidents to call on ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cited the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 on Tuesday to explain the arrest and planned deportation of a Palestinian activist and legal U.S ...

The events of this past weekend in the Mad River Valley of Vermont highlighted a well-known, but rarely discussed, feature of Washington, D.C., politics: the tin ear. I like to ...

WASHINGTON: The United States will soon announce an end to its arms embargo against Pakistan, Under-Secretary of State Joseph Sisco said in a television interview here today [Feb 23]. Reuter ...

over his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and deploy Army troops against the George Floyd protests. Esper and Milley opposed this use of the military, and as the Times reported ...