Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s. The Republican has said ...

President Trump foresees “a period of transition” before his tariffs replicate the Gilded Age economic boom. With opponents warning about that “pain,” he can look to predecessors of that era for ...

States competed for capital and labor by keeping their taxes and regulations light and efficient. As a result, America became ...

A recent op ed by Mario Loyola, a Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, argued that President Trump was largely correct to ...

“The president is more accurate when he paints ... Or the story doesn’t quite hold together as well,” Irwin said. The Gilded Age featured extraordinary wealth for a small class of people ...

“The president is more accurate when he paints ... Was America really at its wealthiest from 1870 to 1913? The Gilded Age featured extraordinary wealth for a small class of people that largely ...

“The president is more accurate when he paints ... Or the story doesn’t quite hold together as well,” Irwin said. The Gilded Age featured extraordinary wealth for a small class of people ...

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from ...

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from ...