President Donald Trump will soon embark on a dramatic addition to the White House: Construction starts in September on a new ...

Wikimedia Commons/Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress When the British Burned Washington, D.C.

The nation’s first president rejected a plan to build a big, ostentatious White House. Now, Trump wants a glamorous ballroom.

President Donald Trump has announced that the White House will undergo a $200 million redesign this fall, adding a ...

Today in History for Aug. 15: In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.

The project to construct a massive ballroom fulfills a wish for Trump, who has long disliked the tent pitched on the lawn to ...

Jefferson was a passionate music lover and an amateur violinist. He had a collection of harpsichords and pianos at his home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va., and owned a prolific collection of ...

Harvard University is in federal court in its ongoing battle with the Trump administration over more than $2 billon in government funding halted by the White House in spring.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Sunday that President Trump “made an enormous mistake” in blaming the Russia-Ukraine war on the Ukrainians. “I think the Trump administration made an enormous ...

It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery helping an injured White Union soldier lost in hostile territory.

The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian ...