After he was elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was faced with filling patronage positions in the Washington Territory. Just eight years old, the Washington Territory needed territorial suprem ...

When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

Before they got to the White House, these future presidents worked as lawyers, journalists, and businessmen.

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell’s focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

More than 200 people took part in this year’s annual Juneteenth A Celebration of Freedom Walk on June 19 in Grayslake.

Signs posted at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter ask visitors to report any information they experienced that may place American ...

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...

"We've entered into this especially scary time in the country where it feels the sort of norms and rhetoric and rules that would tamp down on violence have been lifted," says Matt Dallek, a political ...

The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...