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

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

Former President Joe Biden’s departure from the political scene is not just the end of a historical career or a political era ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

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

when Vice President Thomas Jefferson edged out President John Adams but tied his running mate, Aaron Burr, throwing the election to the House. But even after the 12th Amendment radically changed ...