This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998). Contents The making of a politician -- The ...

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum, 1988. (Inscribed on last plate on lower right:) N. Savage signed The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American ...

Analysis How Lyndon Johnson Moved the Nation Forward on Immigration The president beat out nativist arguments to dismantle a national quota system.

Since it was first proposed by U.S. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954, a provision of U.S. tax code known as the Johnson Amendment has prohibited 501 (c) (3) organizations, notably charities and ...

The Johnson Amendment — named for its author, then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson — strikes a bargain with charities. You accept tax-free dollars, you stay out of the political arena.

President Lyndon B. Johnson did it 60 years ago, summoning William McChesney Martin, then chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, to his Texas ranch to make his case for ...

During that time, and as a teacher at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, the physically towering Spelman garnered a reputation as humble, courteous and a ...

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act to standardize timekeeping across a nation that had allowed states to observe DST inconsistently.

President Donald Trump has threatened to upend the Washington Commanders’ proposed deal to secure a new stadium if they don’t return to their original name.

The lawsuit argues that the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 measure named after its author, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, restricts churches from exercising freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Texas avoided some steeper Medicaid cuts, but hundreds of thousands of Texans are still projected to lose health coverage due to the new law.

Biden’s last-minute decision to exit the race rendered costly consequences for his party and his legacy – at least in the near future, according to experts.