When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

Before they got to the White House, these future presidents worked as lawyers, journalists, and businessmen.

After he was elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was faced with filling patronage positions in the Washington Territory. Just eight years old, the Washington Territory needed territorial suprem ...

Gloves Lincoln Wore to Ford’s Theater Sell for $1.5 Million at Auction. More than 100 relics connected to President Abraham Lincoln brought in $7.9 million, auctioneers said.

Let Marylanders be at the forefront of a growing movement to recognize the end of slavery and work toward a better, more ...

In a historic and extraordinary maneuver, the Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against all 15 sitting federal judges ...

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell’s focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

GOP strategist Matt Wylie looks at the Iran strike and writes that as a beacon of hope for freedom-seeking nations, America ...

June 19 is a U.S. national holiday known as Juneteenth. It combines the words June and Nineteenth, the day in 1865 on which ...

More than 200 people took part in this year’s annual Juneteenth A Celebration of Freedom Walk on June 19 in Grayslake.

The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...