The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will be the fifth and sixth vessels respectively of the Gerald R. Ford class, and will each replace an aging Nimitz-class supercarrier as they enter service.

From Richard Nixon to Joe Biden, the educational backgrounds of the last 10 U.S. Presidents reveal a wide range of academic paths. Some pursued degrees in law, business, or political science, while others attended military academies or Ivy League universities.

The day before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally at an arena in Washington, where he repeated some of the most frequent false claims from the campaign trail while also sprinkling in some new falsehoods.

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice.

A year ago, a survey of presidential scholars put him in the top third of chief executives while Trump ranked last. But that was before the 2024 election and campaign.

Joe Biden has pardoned more than 3,000 people during his final days in office. Other presidents have used the power to exonerate friends, family and supporters.

The first English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in

Trump will be speaking as a president who faces not only the weight of governing a sprawling nation with ties and burdens across the globe but also the challenge of beginning to create his historical

Trump’s inaugural committee announced that the Republican firebrand will be using the same two bibles he used when he took oath the first time in 2017

Presidents have pardon power -- that's in the Constitution, columnist Ron Faucheux notes. But there are some steps to take that would prevent the most dubious of them.

Recognize Jan. 20, 2025 with one of these stirring inauguration quotes by past presidents and poets including John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Maya Angelou.