One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to ...

The relationship between the press and the presidency has always been messy. From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as ...

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Richard Nixon invited Johnny Cash to the White House in an attempt to politically persuade and “neutralize” him.

After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency, pitting him against John F. Kennedy, the press and his own conscience.

On July 15, Nixon announced to his nation’s surprise — and Taiwan’s distress — that he would visit China. The United Nations ...

Survey suggests Americans believe history will not look favorably on the outgoing president, but some experts think otherwise ...