Just up the street from the James K. Polk Home and Museum in Columbia, Polk and wife Sarah Childress Polk lived in a house for around 20 years. That house was demolished in 1961.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to three U.S. Army soldiers at the White House on Monday, celebrating heroes of old wars as he defended his launch of a new one.

Bronxites are giving the Bronx cheer to Borough President Vanessa Gibson, who abruptly canceled the 54th annual “Bronx Week”, ...

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March 4, 1929. Kansas native and Native American Charles Curtis was inaugurated as the 31st Vice President of the United States under Herbert Hoover.

Former University of Montana President Seth Bodnar has launched an independent campaign to challenge Republican Sen. Steve ...

The Virginia measure would dictate what Virginia’s public schools can instruct pupils regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

When you bomb a country and take out its leader, that's an act of war. Under the Constitution, Congress must declare war or otherwise authorize the use of force before the president may take such ...

Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests.” ...

The US government for decades shied away from targeting foreign leaders after embarrassing failures and unintended consequences from covert activities by the CIA.

John Quincy Adams had one of the most consequential post-presidencies in U.S. history. NPR"s Steve Inskeep asks biographer Bob Crawford how Adams became the ultimate political maverick.

UC President James B. Milliken defended the university's decision to not sue the Trump administration over funding cuts and ...