Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the ...

Absent the errors committed before and after 1929, the year that Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about would have little relevance.

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding ...

The past few years have seen record crowds in America's most popular national parks, including 12 million a year at this ...

NAFTA and the decline of American community have created a new path for mayors of small and midsized cities to reach national ...

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

In 1969, peace negotiations between the U.S. and North Vietnam officials had stalled largely due to the parties’ conflicting ...

The Vermont Veterans’ Home celebrated the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps by honoring ...

Marshall championed economic liberty in regulatory cases while championing racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in civil ...

Updated on Nov. 3 at 9:22 a.m. Welcome to the Supreme Court’s November sitting. Starting today, there will be nine arguments over the next 10 days. SCOTUS Quick Hits Morning […] ...

On Nov. 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated by a Jewish extremist following a peace rally in Tel Aviv.