The house became a hub of activity for Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. The Democratic nominee met with advisers in the ...

On the night of September 26, 1960, America sat before its televisions in anticipation of something entirely new. It was the ...

Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60 ...

On Nov. 8, 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon by a comfortable 303-219 Electoral College margin, but just 112,000 votes, or 0.2% of the popular ...

In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt. In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militant ...

U.S. elections are generally decided at the ballot box. Occasionally, there are elections where things run so close that it ...

As vice president from 2001 to 2009, Cheney fought vigorously for an expansion of the power of the presidency.

New York’s mayoral ballots list candidates multiple times because of fusion voting, designed to empower minor parties and clarify voter preference ...

There’s something uniquely American about debating who the “best” president is. From inspiring speeches to bold decisions in ...

Here we go again. Senators who oppose the American use of military force are trying again to hamstring presidential military ...

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees to search for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, ...

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