Progressives have the presidency they have long desired, but a president they abhor. James Madison warned them: “Enlightened ...

While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...

The annual rite of March sees the clocks move forward an hour, but legislation in Idaho has attempted to put an end to it.

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

Leuchtenburg's notable books include "Franklin D ... of Roosevelt in the Oval Office. The 2005 book "The White House Looks South" featured sections on Roosevelt, Truman and Lyndon Johnson and ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, arguing that for all four of them, “at some point, ambition for… The Tet Offensive began in stealth 50 years ago in Vietnam, but it ended up ...

Fiscal policy in the United States is heavily influenced by the ideological and economic priorities of the Republican and Democratic parties.

In the waning days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration ... asked the Rev. E. Franklin Jackson, head of the D.C. branch of the NAACP, following the Giants’ 24-21 victory.

Franklin D. Roosevelt also stands out as one of the ... Other significant figures include Lyndon B. Johnson with 1,187 pardons, Dwight D. Eisenhower had 1,157, Herbert Hoover issued 1,198 and ...

The standard for a transformational “100 days” – a much-used reference point for evaluating an administration – belongs to the first administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt ... s Great Society ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...