If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter — George Washington.

Few newsrooms have the courage to hire another Edward R. Murrow, who championed truth over lies when he challenged the ...

So today there was a hearing, and the Republican chair is a guy named Self — S, E, L, F. Do we have a picture of him? There ...

Sen. Joseph McCarthy began galloping across our political landscape firmly perched facing south on a north-bound horse.

WASHINGTON -- The State Department today denied a statement attributed to Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis., that 205 Communist party members are "working and shaping the policy in the State ...

Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, who had purportedly come here to speak in behalf of Sen. George W. Malone, now seeking re-election. Instead of speaking for Malone the Wisconsin senator leveled his ...

In 1950, U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., charged the U.S. State Department was infested with communists, touching off the infamous "McCarthy era." The State Department denied the allegation the ...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has plunged Washington into upheaval and anxiety, bringing loyalty tests and other efforts to purge government employees. This climate of fear recalls ...

In 1949, New York State passed the so-called Feinberg Law, which made membership in any group labeled subversive by the U.S.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy began galloping across our political landscape firmly perched facing south on a north-bound horse. Derisively called “Tailgunner Joe,” he spread hysteria about the “reds,” ...

Portrait of U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., taken in 1954. McCarthy charged the U.S. State Department was infested with communists, touching off the infamous "McCarthy era" on February 9 ...