I am writing to express my deep concern about Donald Trump’s plan to reinstate the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This law, passed by President John Adams, allows the president to detain or remove ...

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

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

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do ...

"The only president to ever avoid an inauguration was the guy that's about to be inaugurated," Biden said in December 2024.

Nine children of presidents have gotten married at the White House: Maria Hester Monroe, John Adams II, Elizabeth Tyler, ...

Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Monday, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See the schedule of events.

John Adams was the first president to take the oath from the chief justice in 1797. Not every president has been sworn in by the chief justice, however. In 1923, Calvin Coolidge was vice president ...

Five New York City Democrats are competing to become the left-leaning candidate of choice in the June mayoral primary.

Earlier notes often were penned with invitations to visit or dine at the White House or to relay information, which is what ...