Words matter. Leadership matters. Jefferson and Lincoln, two of America’s greatest presidents, sought unity in a time of deep division. Will Trump follow their path, re-shape his reputation and urge ...

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

Donald Trump will become the 47th President on Monday. However, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt stand out as America's greatest leaders in its 250-year history.

Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one ...

President Biden announced the names of new Navy aircraft carriers: the USS William J. Clinton and the USS George W. Bush, ...

The designs Pierre L'Enfant created for George Washington spearheaded the development of Washington, D.C., as it stands today.

In the good ole days—and I guess that statement dates me—national holidays and national recognition days came few and far between. January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham ...

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George ... States. Washington finished behind only Abraham Lincoln in the ...

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...