Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November ... especially in its provisions for a new chief executive. The American president, grumbled Jefferson, “seems a bad edition of a Polish ...

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

The first inauguration in Washington, D.C. John Adams was also sworn in as president in Philadelphia. It wasn't until Thomas Jefferson's inauguration that the swearing in ceremony was moved to ...

Since we are now at a time when the power of the president, Congress and the courts are in tension and generating legal ...

In 1805, President Thomas Jefferson ordered the U.S. Navy and Marines to stop Barbary pirates from disrupting shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. This successful measure is captured in the Marine ...

The multiyear spending plan includes projects at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia ...

The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness” Friday, February 7 at 9:00 pm In part two: Jefferson was responsible... Read More ...