He became Treasury secretary himself during Ulysses S. Grant’s first term; afterward, some believed Boutwell should have been more alert to the graft festering under the old general’s nose, though the ...

The ‘Mad Men’ actor speaks to Louis Chilton about his new production of ‘Hamlet’ at the RSC, reinventing himself in the US, ...

Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, practiced law here but always went home to Springfield. Ulysses S. Grant, born in Ohio, ...

Alzheimer’s Research UK has a large number of different grant schemes through which you can apply for funding. All applications must fall within Alzheimer’s Research UK’s remit which covers biomedical ...

The Victorian era inspires diverse manga, from supernatural mysteries to dark comedies. Manga titles draw inspiration from ...

American middle-distance runners Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse each walked away from the Millrose Games with a win and a world indoor record.

In 1911, the Long Bar introduced the Famous Shanghai Buck, China’s first classic cocktail, which created a sensation in the ...

Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and ...

During his second week in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive plans to build a “National ...

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...

While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...