GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump characterizes himself primarily as a dealmaker, frequently claiming that his greatest value is his ability to do “great deals.” That dealmaking aspect of ...

No president has ever done so without Congress, Mr. Galston writes, citing President Abraham Lincoln ’s Civil War detention of Confederate prisoners.

Although history records that the Civil War ended in 1865, Leroy believes “Lincoln won the war in 1862 … with the idea of Idaho.” He cites multiple bills he signed that year as an example.

As Mr. Wolfowtiz notes, Lincoln’s “vision” and “genius” was that he understood how to heal a country that had been split in half by a horrendous civil war.

President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War ...

Abraham Lincoln is often ranked as one of the United States’s most important presidents for his role in steering the country through the Civil War and his insistence on abolishing slavery ...

This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...

Abraham Lincoln, born poor and largely self-educated, served one term in Congress and had minimal military service during the Black Hawk War (he quipped that his combat experience amounted to ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.