Earlier today, Moody's announced that they were downgrading the credit rating of the United States to Aa1 from AAA. The reason for the downgrade? Moody's feels as though the "persistent" deficits ...
Earlier this week, the United States government revealed that a military parade is going to be held in Washington, DC on June 14th. This parade will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Arm...
It was early 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, had plenty on his mind. After all, the American Civil War had started roughly a year before, and the natio...
People think that political races in this day and age are nasty but nothing will compare to the incredibly dark Presidential race that took place in 1884 between Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine. ...
Earlier this week it was revealed that the Qatari Royal Family will be gifting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 to the Trump Administration. This plane, which was previously used by the Qatari Royal Fa...
President Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. He served in this position following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. President Lyndon B. Johnson was also d...
In 1757, a young George Washington unsuccessfully ran to become a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. The reason he lost? According to Washington, the answer was simple: Not enough alcoh...
Earlier this week, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the company at the end of the year. Since 1965, shares of Berkshire Hathaway have returned...
Canadians aren't the biggest fans of Elon Musk and Tesla right now. Elon Musk was a key backer of President Donald Trump's successful re-election campaign, donating hundreds of millions of dollars...
Did you hear about the lady that spilled hot coffee on herself while driving and sued McDonald's for millions? Can you believe that she would sue McDonald's for her clumsiness? Of course coffee is goi...
Does the President have the power to issue an executive order that postpones the date of a Presidential election due to a national emergency? Through the history of the United States, the President...
In 1932, while the Great Depression was raging across the globe, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party called for a number of changes, including a 25% reduction in federal government costs. ...
The 1920 US Presidential election saw President Warren G. Harding easily defeat James Cox. The 1920 election also produced an interesting piece of Presidential election trivia, as Eugene V. Debs r...
Companies like Starbucks, Amazon and Nordstrom push their gift cards so hard for a reason: They make hundreds of millions of dollars per year collectively from something called "breakage". Star...
It can be argued that some Presidents step into very favorable situations when they first enter the White House, while others step into some massive headaches. President Ronald Reagan, for instanc...