What Trump did in his first inaugural speech was to paint a picture of a very dark reality, one that included not only ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

Wheeler]. James Wheeler knew the president as a six-year-old, and Lincoln teased him about stealing some figs off a White House tree. His father took him to see Lincoln's body at the Rotunda in ...

Mary Todd Lincoln, died of typhoid fever in the White House at age 11. Both the president and Mary were so distraught of their son's death, Mary turned to holding seances in the Red Room at the ...

Joe Biden has wrapped up a more than 50-year political career. But he also promised that “we’re not leaving the fight,” as he ...

Lincoln Police Officer Tu Tran received the ... Medal of Honor posthumously to six men and one living recipient at a White House ceremony. It was one of his last opportunities to officially ...

But Lincoln faced a number of different challenges. Not the least of these was opposition in the North to what many felt was a war to end slavery. During his time in the White House, Lincoln's ...

A sweeping White House order to freeze federal grants and allocations reflects a theory of presidential power that Donald ...

Buss and A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House, which was a co-winner of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. He recently published a children’s book ...