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Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House. P…

The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant’s military service, presidency, and legacy.

Author B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and cre…

Historian David Fisher discussed how four U.S. presidents who served between 1850-1865: Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanon, and Abraham Lincoln, viewed their obligation to the United States Constitution.

Former Nixon Administration officials revisited the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy created in 1970, which encouraged the development and evolution of satellite and cable tel…

Times of London U.S. editor David Charter, author of Royal Audience, talked about Queen Elizabeth II's special relationship with the United States and U.S. presidents over her 70-year reign as Britain's head of state.

The Society of Presidential Descendants gathered at the Truman Little White House in Key West, Florida, to reflect on how their ancestors exerted political influence during their presidencie…

She explained the steps in an investigation and showed us artifacts including a decoding machine used before Pearl Harbor, subpoenas to bank presidents after the 1929 stock market crash, and a security log from the Watergate complex.

Kristin Carlucci Weed talked about her father, Frank Carlucci, who served six presidents, including as Defense Secretary under President Reagan.

NPR’s Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman’s bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of …

Actors read letters from African Americans to Abraham Lincoln onstage at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the 16th president was assassinated in 1865. Author Jonathan White and hist…

The meeting came after a previous day call between Presidents Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus discussed presidential scandals and how public reaction to them has changed over time.

Russia's presidents serve six-year terms … So the last time the U.S and Russia both held presidential elections in the same year was 2012 .. and Putin was a candidate both times.

In 1958, former President Harry Truman and artist Pablo Picasso spent time in each other’s company during a Mediterranean vacation. Author Matthew Algeo detailed what happened next - a story…

From the earliest slave-holding first ladies to later champions of civil rights, there is a complicated history of American first ladies and race relations. The White House Historical Associ…

What was FDR’s relationship with the Supreme Court he created -- having appointed seven of nine justices -- and did the court reflect his wartime vision? Author Cliff Sloan provided some ans…

What do John Quincy Adams, U.S. Grant, and William Howard Taft have in common? Political science professor Stephen Rockwell argued that their 19th century presidencies laid the foundation fo…

Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia, "Presidents Park" that opened in 2004.

Congress met in the building from 1790 to 1800 and Presidents George Washington and John Adams were inaugurated in Congress Hall.