On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected president of the United ...

In 1888, Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote over incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland, ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2025. There are 55 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected ...

Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey sweep elections as Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill win governorships, ...

Flags are lowered today at the White House, though Donald Trump hasn't released an official proclamation. Here's what this means.

In the face of Reagan’s right-wing presidency, he offered a vision, strategy, and agenda that would have led Democrats and the country in a very different direction.

The White House lowered flags to half-staff after the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a press pool ...

Martha Layne Collins made history in 1983 when she defeated Jim Bunning to become Kentucky's first — and so far only — female ...

“We clearly have an antisemitism element of our party,” Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) told JNS. “I think it’s a very small minority, but we have to confront it. It’s never in my opinion appropriate to ...

Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing ...

1948: The Tribune was on deadline. In the absence of election results, the newspaper assumed that New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) would sink incumbent Harry S. Truman (Democrat). He didn’t.

In the run-up to the 1984 presidential election, Ms. Collins was often described as a possible running mate for Walter Mondale, who wound up making Geraldine Ferraro the first woman on a major party’s ...