President Richard M. Nixon told Americans the war had ended, the Paris Peace Accords would be signed, and U.S. soldiers would come home.

In his campaign speeches last fall, Richard ... Thus Nixon is assuming the presidency unfreighted with any of the electioneering labels that proved so embarrassing to Lyndon Johnson.

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America in the 1960s was dominated by the horror of three high profile assassinations of a President, an Attorney General, and a Civil Rights icon. Their deaths are linked to thousands of conspiracy theories included that they were orchestrated by one of the most powerful men in America.

In 2016, an empty seat in the Supreme Court brought about a partisan contest: who could hold out the longest and act the stingiest to secure the spot? President Barack Obama moved to appoint Merrick Garland,

John M. Bridgeland, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Alan Khazei, co-founder of the education nonprofit City Year, co-chair More Perfect, working to advance national service. As the United States approaches its 250th birthday in 2026, it faces a host of civic challenges in search of a solution:

In the franchise’s first NFC championship game in 33 years, Washington could not keep up with host Philadelphia, which cruised to advance to the Super Bowl.

One of Long Island’s most significant presidential landmarks is Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, the childhood home of PresidentTheodore Roosevelt, which served as his home from 1885 until his death in 1919.

“I have a real problem with some of the things Donald Trump is saying,” former Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, adding that “it doesn’t sound to me like the pronouncements of somebody who’s a friend, a partner and an ally, which is what I’ve always thought the United States is for our country.”

Every president gets to decorate the Oval Office to their liking — but sometimes, they keep the decor of their predecessor.

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

By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.