He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.
While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...
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As President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and directives on his first day of his second administration, he explained his actions by saying, "It's all about common sense." ...
With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...
On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole ...
George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...
The rumor that Biden spent nearly half of his presidency on vacation came from an exaggerated and incorrect Republican ...
In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...
River School Committee member Collin Dias wants to rename Stone School to honor a Fall River icon. Here's who.
Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.