Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...

Located in the heart of Wall Street in New York City, Federal Hall stands as a monument to the birth of the American presidency. It was here, on April 30, 1789, that George Washington took the oath of ...

Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches ...

On Presidents Day, Boston offers a wish that our 47th president might learn from the examples of our 1st and 16th presidents.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, about the extent and limits of American presidential power.

If the monarchical trappings and powers of the modern presidency are unavoidable, we at least should not encourage them. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has its own holiday. The presidency ...

Presidential decrees have evolved into powerful tools that significantly impact American governance, shaping policy decisions ...

His loyalties were to his nation and its young and fragile Constitution. Eventually, he put meaning to those loyalties by voluntarily choosing not to run for a third term. That set a precedent ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

The only US president who served for four terms was Franklin D Roosevelt during the Great Depression till 1945. After 1951, ...