Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

“Who is James K. Polk?” his opponents in the 1844 presidential election mockingly asked. Two centuries later, the question is asked again more quizzically. For one thing, James K. Polk proved ...

What endures most about Coolidge is his character: he is the antithesis of the self-promoting modern politician.

Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence ...

For parts or all of three centuries, the city’s business community’s influence has been — and continues to be — in a state of flux, with its presence dipping in and reverberating through many arenas, ...

As such public figures, there's a lot of curiosity about U.S. presidents. Here's what some of them have chosen as their ...

In 1846, 17 years after Smithson’s death, President James K. Polk signed legislation calling for the Institution’s formation. The Smithsonian now operates a broad range of cultural centers in ...

Representatives for the Smithsonian Institution have yet to comment. Founded in 1846 under then-president James K. Polk as an "establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men ...

A Christian nationalist pastor made a startling claim about scanners used at airports to detect weapons and other potential ...

19. Bill Clinton (42nd president) ranked high for economic management. 18. James K. Polk (11th president) ranked highly for his crisis leadership and administrative skills. 17. John Quincy Adams ...