J. B. Pritzker, the gargantuan, super-sized poster boy for obesity, recently said that Trump was “trying to re-enact the Civil War. I’ve been thinking a civil war was coming for the last forty years.

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President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

In spite of its early ineptitude, the Russian Army might ultimately be able to replicate Lincoln’s winning strategy, concentrating offensives in time to score a breakthrough into the Ukrainian ...

The political, ideological, and economic impacts of the conflict were felt around the world, and especially in the nations of France and Great Britain, who had the most to gain or lose in this ...

Greened by time and the elements, a Civil War Army soldier, immortalized in bronze at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, has for decades anchored a 25-foot-high monument to the people buried there who ...

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Before joining Investopedia, David Marino-Nachison was an editor at The Wall Street Journal focused mainly on daily markets and investing news. He also worked on The Journal’s publishing desk; as a ...

Explore the potential economic fallout of a civil war in the United States. From job losses to stock market crashes, see how a war could disrupt daily life and business. Supreme Court receives new ...