Opinion: At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of justice. At its worst, this imperial power

Here are seven distinctive aspects about the swearing in of President-elect Donald Trump They include him being the first convicted felon sworn into office, J D Vance being the third-youngest vice

The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.

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:

The president's record-shattering clemency actions help ameliorate the damage caused by the draconian drug policies he supported for most of his political career.

Ahead of Donald Trump's second inauguration, take a look back at the transition of presidential power throughout U.S. history.

Ever since the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day — July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the American presidency has thrown up a goodly number of calendrical coincidences.

President Donald Trump has the lowest initial approval ratings of any president since 1953 — except for himself in 2017.

Self-described dirty trickster Roger J. Stone Jr emerged on the American political scene during the 1972 re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon – whose face is famously tattooed on his back.

JD Vance and his family have officially moved into the vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory — and they are promising to "take good care of it" over the next four years.

Trump says we're going to Mars. He may be making it harder to get there. President Donald Trump says we’re going to Mars, but don’t start packing your bags just yet. There are a lot of reasons to doubt that his plans will get us to the Red Planet, and he may even put us further behind schedule.

US President Donald Trump had threatened South American country with sanctions and tariffs amid standoff over repatriation of Colombian nationals living illegally in US.