Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life resulting in a more complete picture of the third ...

While the Presidency is today associated with wealth and fame, many early U.S. Presidents came from humble backgrounds and ...

The coroner’s office found Johnson died from severe scalding burns, combined with a health condition of high blood pressure ...

Demolition of the White House’s East Wing, itself a source of multiple controversies for more than 200 years, was completed ...

Now comes word that President Donald Trump is demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for a $300 ...

"Shock" and "sadness" in response to demolitions making way for a $300 million, 90,000-square-foot "State Ballroom." ...

Personal tastes of presidents - as well as the demands of a growing federal government - has helped dictate changes over time to the White House.

The East Wing’s razing was met with criticism both by preservationists and by over half of the American public.

What began as an architectural balance to the West Wing eventually became a symbolic seat of power for First Ladies.

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...