Duane went into hiding until the end of the Adams' presidency. Emboldened, the Federalists reached out beyond just newspaper editors. When Congress let out in July of 1798, John and Abigail Adams ...

“How do you like our new Constitution?” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November 1787. Jefferson mostly wanted to ...

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On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn ... back to Congress. The Biden presidency, which will end in less than two weeks, shares some remarkable similarities with that of America’s ...

It is only fitting that a media that ushered in the Biden presidency with an obvious fiction would see ... as “striking,” ...

Donald Trump raised his right hand while placing his left hand on the Bible Monday afternoon. He then took the oath of office ...

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the ...

From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.

Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Monday, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. See the schedule of events.

Adams’s abolitionist son John Quincy Adams is the only former ... the year after he left the presidency, and served for nearly 17 years. In 1841, he successfully argued at the Supreme Court ...