Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press. During last ...

Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s wife, makes a visit to the studio of renowned photographer Matthew Brady in an effort to fix her public image. She wishes to show the nation who she really is, and ...

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” will instead open at New York’s ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders.

Imagine Donald Trump wearing a top hat. He would have had to if his inauguration ... presidency in American history at 32 days. 8. At Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865, Black men ...

Abraham Lincoln (Probably) Didn’t Defy a Court Order as President The Trump Administration ... sitting next to one Columbia fan with a National Review hat and in front of another wearing a ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.