IN his speech at his second inauguration as leader of the American nation and the free world, President Donald Trump holds up less venerated predecessors (than, say, Washington, Lincoln or FDR): ...

The bullet was impeded by a copy of Roosevelt's speech and his glasses case. Roosevelt famously chose to continue delivering the speech. He began: Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible.

Roosevelt inaugurated a long free-trade era ... They just need to change the subject to the greed of billionaires. Biden’s speech, like his presidency, reflected the influence of that view ...

That’s a pretty good summary of the plight of the Democrats these days. The only thing that would have really completed the ...

Sometimes, the words of politicians save lives. In the case of Teddy Roosevelt, "Bull Moose" Party presidential candidate in 1912, that was very literally true. Carrie Underwood performs acapella ...

President Donald Trump burst out of the gates into his second term with the speed of a Kentucky Derby winner. Executive ...

A medical transport plane, carrying a child, her mother and four other people, crashed in Philadelphia Friday night near a ...

On their anniversaries, Yalta and Helsinki offer lessons for Ukraine, Trump, and the balance of power in Europe.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address was an all ...

Kennedy in being compared, unfavorably, to Roosevelt, and how Jimmy Carter began his 1976 presidential run with a speech in Warm Springs, Georgia, where FDR often stayed. At the time of his death ...