Only four popes have visited the United States during their papacy, and Pope John Paul II was the only pontiff to visit ...

Presidential speeches to Congress, such as the State of the Union, are pivotal in setting the national agenda. Below is the ...

IN the White House, the Oval Office often led to divided bedrooms. President F.D. Roosevelt preferred Lucy Mercer to his wife ...

In “Raven Rock,” Graff details how the designated survivor concept was formalized by the Carter and Reagan administrations ...

For a brief period, while the rest of the government is gathered together, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure ...

Judging by his past speeches to Congress, Trump once felt the need to ask lawmakers to pass his agenda. Not so much anymore.

But, when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump 's joint congressional ...

President Trump’s speech Tuesday night will take place in front of members of both Houses of Congress and the entire presidential line of succession — with one notable exception. Each year, one ...

Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for ...

President Donald Trump is poised to deliver his first joint address of his second term in front of Congress on Tuesday evening and is expected to promote his agenda for ...