Things are officially out of control.

POLITICS
Abraham Lincoln's successor—and the first United States president to be impeached—liked to tend to a family of mice.
The 28th president kept a flock of sheep on the White House lawn.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg used her voice to shape the course of our nation’s history.
Let your ears declare "I dissent."
Hester Pulter broke convention—and the expectations of her gender and class—by writing about science and politics.
Was the outbreak a true epidemic, or an example of mass hysteria?
Great sport knows no borders.
Fearing attacks on his corpse, the Secret Service guarded Lee Harvey Oswald well into the afterlife.
More than a half-century after his assassination cut his presidency short, JFK remains one of history’s most intriguing figures—and, according to Gallup, America’s favorite president.
Among those who don't believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing JFK, the same names keep popping up.
The greatest speech in American history had a tough act to follow.
During colonial times and in the earliest days of the U.S., a small number of women managed to vote despite circumstances stacked against them.
Not every politician wins by a landslide. As these elections prove, every vote really does count.
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