Nowadays, every American President carries on a unique tradition of leaving a letter in the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.

Ever since the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day — July 4th, 1826, the 50th ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s recent death and funeral reminded Americans of his legacy and the values that motivated his ...

Joe Biden on Monday left a personal letter addressed to his successor in the Oval Office, returning the gesture Donald Trump ...

from a high of 41.8 million when Ronald Reagan came into office in 1981 to a low of 15.5 million for the start of George W. Bush's second term in 2004. The length of Trump's inauguration coverage ...

Trump entirely forsook the “exemplar” strand of American exceptionalism evoked by other presidents — including Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama — that ...