What separated the Pennsylvania farmers brewing a rebellion over a pint at the Black Bear Tavern from the actors reenacting their arguments on Main Street in Washington Saturday? Looking at the ...

Saturday marked the last day of the 2025 Whiskey Rebellion Festival in Washington County. It is held in the area of the ...

The letter that misrepresented the "No Kings" protest also asserted that the protesters were un-American, since he saw an American flag flown upside down. The Flag Code allows this behavior in times ...

Just a few years after the Constitution was ratified, the fledgling U.S. government faced its first internal crisis. The ...

They point to actions as early as the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, when President George Washington activated a militia amid protests in Pennsylvania over a tax on whiskey and other distilled products.

Why did Trump deploy troops to California? What laws did he cite? Can states block such moves? We explain the legal battle over Trump’s National Guard order.

The Insurrection Act has been used by past presidents to deploy troops within the US in response to crises like the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the immediate ...

The Insurrection Act has been used by past presidents to deploy troops within the US. in response to crises like the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the immediate ...

In 1794, President George Washington “called upon state militia and volunteer units to suppress” the Whiskey Insurrection, a series of violent riots in western Pennsylvania against the federal ...

The Insurrection Act has been used by past presidents to deploy troops within the U.S. in response to crises like the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the immediate ...

Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and unusual, about the order.