Guests throughout the centuries have seen ghosts at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Learn about some of those who are said to haunt ...

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is testing a bold alternative to higher education with its new “Meritocracy Fellowship,” a ...

Frederick Douglass was the first black man to discuss politics alone with the president. In Lincoln, the reformer found an ...

The White House might be home to the seat of executive power in the U.S., but if some who have walked its halls are to be ...

Nearly a century after the Declaration was written, President Abraham Lincoln elevated its status as a foundational ... This is not an attempt to provide a comprehensive biography of Jefferson.

Humor has a way of transcending time. While historical figures are often remembered for their serious achievements, many of ...

Watch rock ‘n’ roll legend Dion DiMucci’s emotional music video for a newly updated version of his 1968 hit “Abraham, Martin and John.” ...

The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country.

Five weeks after Fort Sumter, the official starting point of the war, Ellsworth’s Fire Zouaves received the command to sail ...

A chill sweeps through the air as a late October breeze stirs more than just the crackling leaves of Madison’s streets. The ...

According to one of the President's own sons, however - who cited an occasion whereby the First Lady brutally grilled her ...