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It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some industrial cities reached their peak populations before Americans started moving to the suburbs.

Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week

Trump's gap makes Nixon's infamous 18 minutes "look like nothing in comparison," says law professor Laurence Tribe

Thomas' texts called for 2020 presidential election results to be overturned

Select committee investigating Capitol attack also receives records from former vice-president Mike Pence

Letter to National Archives requests files found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago that should have been turned over when Trump left office

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight and Reform Committee is scaling up its investigation into what its chairwoman says could be “the largest-scale violations of the Presidential Records Act since its enactment,” according to a letter being sent to the National Archives on Friday.

A congressional oversight committee has sought additional documents from the National Archives related to former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records

So-called “Prize Papers” recount privateering, slavery and legal appeals of the 17th and 18th centuries.

George Washington, whose birthday Americans celebrate this month, sent a letter on Aug. 13, 1776, to the president of Congress regarding the safeguarding of his papers. Washington understood the importance of preserving our new nation’s history. Many of our first president’s successors also appreciated this. They became stewards of the…

To pass the time and ease the trauma of incarceration, people of all ages played sports and organized fitness classes.