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Not since the day in April 1945, when 348 reporters had jammed into Harry Truman's first press conference, had there been such a turnout. Well before the appointed hour of 4 p.m., 219 ...
President Donald Trump temporarily removes the 150-year-old Resolute Desk from the Oval Office to be refinished.
Obama was caught on a hot mic in 2009 calling Kanye West a "jacka***" after the rapper interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance ...
The final time President Jimmy Carter visited Kansas City while he was in office, he was in the middle of a difficult re-election campaign.
One of the most legendary Oval Office confrontations took place in 1947, when President Harry Truman gathered aides to debate whether the United States should recognize Israel.
The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site allows tours of Truman's home and a visitor center. When it comes to Missourians and the Oval Office, the buck stops with Harry S. Truman.
Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman Navy aircraft carrier, past president’s legacy lives on in terms of imagery and the ship’s sense of mission.
Busts of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. have remained in the executive office, photos from the Journal show.
The best-selling book chronicled Graham's influence on American presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush.
Busts of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. have remained in the executive office, photos from the Journal show.