Having been vice president for only 82 days, Harry S Truman became the 33rd US president on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death ...

To Mark Adams, a particular item on display at the Truman Presidential Library and a snippet from the presidential oath of office administered at the White House on April 12, 1945, help show the ...

Roosevelt's New Deal. In 1952, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered government seizure of the steel industry to avoid a general strike. In 1960, the United States Senate passed the landmark Civil ...

Trump has signed more executive orders at this point in a term than any other modern president, focusing mostly on cuts to the federal government and trade.

The Democrats' man, President Harry S. Truman, had labored for more than three years in the enormous shadow of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In their hearts, all but the most optimistic delegates thought ...

Vice President Harry S. Truman, who had little experience in foreign affairs, was sworn in as President. In The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany 1941-1945 ...

As the Christian world commemorates Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday, the State Department has issued an appeal for its ...

Barack Obama's trip to Clinton Thursday follows a visit to Rome and Cooperstown while he was in office. What other presidents have been here?

President Donald Trump alluded to arcane legal arguments in suggesting he could seek a third term. Besides challenging long-settled readings of the U.S. Constitution, a Trump move to run in 2028 would ...

Military officials are directing the USS Carl Vinson to head toward the Red Sea and have extended the USS Harry S. Truman carrier ... East at the same time. President Trump ordered the strike ...

Arabic. French. The Iran-backed Houthi militia based in Yemen has claimed a new attack on the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered strikes ...