“How do you like our new Constitution?” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November 1787. Jefferson mostly wanted to ...

Wander through the corridors of the White House, as Trump will soon do, and you might hear the presidential portraits on its ...

Still, they want to name a ship after a man who dishonored draft induction notices and committed fraud to enlist in the Army Reserves by signing the contract and swearing the oath of enlistment — and ...

Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Biden could be the first to write a ...

The creator of a pen pal project that has drawn tens of thousands of participants across the globe chats about her new book, ...

Readers respond to Merve Emre’s piece about “Paradise Lost” and Jennifer Wilson’s review of “More Than Pretty Boxes,” a book about professional organizing.

Outgoing President Biden may be loath to give President-elect Donald Trump any credit for the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas (brokered by diplomats from the U.S., Qatar and Egypt), but ...

Responses came streaming in after we asked our readers what they'll be doing on Jan. 20, when President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will coincide with Martin Luther King Day.

The incoming president is set to cap a historic comeback and embark on an agenda that includes mass deportations, tariffs and ...

The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure of the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would sign a series of executive orders on Monday and promised to begin "the ...

The heavily traveled northeastern portion of the Interstate 95 corridor is expected to experience a significant bout of snow as a winter storm strengthens along the coastline.