Lynne M. Jackson (second from left) is the great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott showing Randy Burkett, Marcy Hart, and Vickie Hayden around the new renavations and exhibits at the ...

In the 1857 Dred Scott case, probably the US Supreme Court’s worst-ever decision, the high court ruled that no descendant of an enslaved person could be a US citizen. The 14th Amendment ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took an electric trip down memory lane Wednesday — when he randomly reminisced about partying it up with Rep. Maxine Waters years ago in the Bahamas. Waters (D ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. President Donald Trump’s effort to do as much as possible as quickly as ...

Birthright citizenship was first enacted to repudiate Dred Scott v. Sandford. That infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision affirmed the legality of slavery and denied Black people citizenship. After the ...

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after more than eight years on the job to lead another police department. Paul Yep will serve as the interim chief. SAN FRANCISCO - San ...

“80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B,” Trump posted to Truth Social. Bessent is slated to meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland. While the proposed 80% figure would mark a ...

CNN GOP analyst Scott Jennings was scolded by a fellow panelist and told to “stop the jingoism” when he boasted that the United States is “the most significant country” for trade and ...

We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise?