Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Keep tabs on the flurry of executive orders, memos and actions so far in President Trump’s second term.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency in 10 southern West Virginia counties, while Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has submitted an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration to support ongoing ...

Names are tricky things. What was the federal holiday at the start of this week? Most people say “Presidents Day,” but there ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is seeking a second federal disaster declaration for Southwest Virginia. The Republican governor said Monday he is asking President Donald Trump to approve an Expedited ...

Two former presidents have ties to South-Central Pennsylvania. The 15th president, James Buchanan, is the only president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County and ...

On Presidents’ Day each year, it has been my wont to regret the holiday’s celebration of insipid ubiquity. Instead of ...

This timeline tells us that Thunderbolts* will happen either soon after the events in Brave New World or a little later down ...

If the monarchical trappings and powers of the modern presidency are unavoidable, we at least should not encourage them. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has its own holiday. The presidency ...

While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...