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 ...

On Feb. 8, 1950, Joe McCarthy, a still-obscure senator from Wisconsin, addressed a meeting of the Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. The good ladies were not shocked by his ...

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 ...

Decades after Sen. Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare, one man’s revenge campaign is muzzling the capital again. How Trump Silenced Washington A veil of fear shrouds Washington as a power-hungry ...

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 ...