He was a Democrat who served in the Tennessee legislature, the US Senate and Congress, as Governor of Tennessee, and Vice President under Abraham Lincoln. Six weeks after taking the oath of office as VP, Lincoln was assassinated, making Johnson the 17th President of the United States.

President Trump addressed the nation Saturday following the early morning attack and capture of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro and his wife."Al venezuel m

White house chef holds plate of strawberry dessert - Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Cue that "Yankee Doodle" fife and drum banger. Sure the stuff about soft-launching the country and serving global diplomacy makes all the headlines, but these United States ...

The United States has launched airstrikes on Venezuela in a major escalation between Presidents Donald Trump and Nicolas Maduro.

After President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in the 1940s, Americans voted to put term limits in the Constitution Getty; Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Only one United States president has ever been elected to serve more ...

Imagine if all the United States presidents’ heads were displayed as a carved wooden pole, with the worst presidents being toward the bottom and the most accomplished being at the tip-top. Now imagine it is your job as conservator to polish all the wood ...

The United States has carried out military strikes inside Venezuela, a U.S. official confirmed to Reuters early Saturday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity and did not provide further operational details.

Find out when Presidents Day 2026 will be observed in the United States and what the holiday means. Presidents Day falls on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, the third Monday in February.