James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that ...

The Journal said that Trump has told White House visitors that he admires Polk, known for his championing of America’s ...

Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” But as more recent ...

Mr. Trump isn’t actually guilty of one of Jefferson’s biggest beefs about King George: “He has dissolved Representative ...