Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he didn't have his hand on the Bible. Does this matter and why do politicians do it at all?

The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First Amendment.

In a quarter-century legal career, Abraham Lincoln accepted all types of casework, ranging from real estate to murder — and ...

Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

It took more than 400 workers 14 years to carve the heads of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln into ...

According to the study, not every brushstroke in the masterpiece is Raphael’s. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Born on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy ...

After Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s New Orleans attack turned a New Year’s celebration into violent tragedy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to show why it has forfeited the trust of the ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect named in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans, which killed 15 people and injured 30 more, is said to have made donations to the Democratic Party, among reports ...

There's been another exit from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library ... and writing about 19th century culture and Lincoln, though he did not specify the role or whether he was staying ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling ...