Nearly two and a half centuries ago, Alexander Hamilton authored the first of the Federalist Papers. As "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains, his appeal was not just for a Constitution ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: The Federalist Papers supported the passage ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: Why were the Federalist Papers important?

Today, we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the publication of the very first essay in The Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 1 from Oct. 27, 1787, marks the start of a seminal ...

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions has a rare book about to cross the block, a piece expected to fetch six figures at auction. This collection of essays — first published in 1787 — has never been more ...

I’ve been allotting a portion of my shelter-in-place time to work through the Federalist Papers, the 85 articles Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay penned to the people of New York state ...

In 1787-1788, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay wrote a series of newspaper articles, The Federalist Papers, under the pen name Publius, in which they argued for the ratification of our ...

Madison, Hamilton, and, to a lesser extent, John Jay provide a comprehensive defense of the new U.S. Constitution as they fight for its ratification in what will become a contentious and, in the end, ...