Only the president of the United States has control over the military. That means President Joe Biden will remain the commander in chief until either Trump or Harris is likely inaugurated on Jan. 20, ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum celebrated the 20th anniversary of the library’s opening to the public.

Over the past 100 years, right-wing politicians have used racist tropes to stoke white fears of being powerless.

The U.S. Supreme Court weighed oral arguments Wednesday in a case over how a century-old law is applied to decide Department ...

WASHINGTON -- If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected ...

Former President Donald Trump says troops should be used to go after "radical left lunatics" to handle any Election Day chaos. Can he do that legally?

Chief David Michaels' calm leadership was cited for keeping the department together after the line-of-duty deaths of two ...

Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln’s home town, was, in 1908, a working-class city of just under 50,000 people – about the same size as its modern counterpart in Ohio.

The roughly 100 men and women who oversee elections in Illinois — both Democrats and Republicans — have launched a voter ...

I was once at a wedding reception and had to introduce myself to the men on both sides of me at the table. Unbelievable as it ...

From Lincoln's bedside manner to the forgotten history of intimate male friendships, 'Lover Of Men' spills all the tea.

Considering his lack of formal education and short public service, not many expected Abraham Lincoln to reach the highest ...