As the United States prepares to celebrate President’s Day, we take a look at the origins of the annual holiday. The holiday, which is formerly known as Washington’s Birthday, is a commemoration of ...

For decades, politically minded action movies often involve the President of the United States (fictional ones, usually). While most POTUSes need to be rescued from evil terrorists or rivals, there ...

Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the man generally acknowledged – with the possible exception of George Washington – to be America’s ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President ...

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a ... as Presidents’ Day in a nod to the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and other past presidents, the federal holiday ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their government. In his era, elite southern enslavers insisted that government had no ...

The national debt increased by nearly 40 times under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1865 ... of their administration. The president plays a large role in what gets spent and how much.

Every February, the United States commemorates Black History Month, a time dedicated to honoring the achievements, ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

When we think of the most legendary presidents our nation has had, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, ...