Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.
Readers discuss a guest essay about the aging of two presidents. Also: A peaceful Jan. 6; the Palestinians’ future; mind-altering drugs.
The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.
But it was Biden’s insistence that he could beat Trump again that led to the painful eclipse culminating in Wednesday’s farewell address. He made the decision to run despite polls that showed Americans believed he was too old and testimony of voters who consistently gave the same message.
The decision to move Monday's swearing-in means thousands of people with plans to visit Washington won’t be able to see President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration in person
Eerie similarities between Joe Biden's hostage release deal and the deal made with Iran by former President Jimmy Carter do not go unnoticed.
A hostage deal and ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is a last win for Biden — and a reminder of all he couldn't achieve, as well.
Unlike past incoming presidents, Trump knows how to get his agenda done because he already had one term sitting in the Oval Office.
The US presidential inauguration on January 20 in Washington, D.C. will be the ultimate victory lap for Donald Trump as he returns to the White House. What happens on the day, who is invited and who pays for it all?
Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan at the Republican's inauguration. Richard Nixon clasped John F.
Biden's final acts, including two major speeches, won't improve his public standing. Something else might, writes Philip Elliott