Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching its fourth year. And as it drags on, Washington is learning just how vulnerable ...

On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson ...

Donald Trump’s early administration moves are accelerating the concentration of executive power at the expense of Congress.

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...

“How do you like our new Constitution?” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November 1787. Jefferson mostly wanted to vent. The two-month-old document left him reeling, especially in its ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the ...

Donald Trump took oath today as the 47th US President at the US Capitol Rotunda, marking his second term as head of the state.

Four other presidents have missed their successor’s inauguration, however, Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. John Adams, John Quincy ...

Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...