The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian kitsch: Canadian-side Niagara Falls projected onto a wall; a Wall of Heroes ...

The billionaire’s latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop.

The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government ...

President Donald Trump has begun his Cabinet meeting in made-for-TV fashion, gathering top officials to showcase their recent ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Polk County honors Samuel Quinton, a Revolutionary War vet who spent his final years in the area, with a new memorial.

Sitter James Knox Polk, 2 Nov 1795 - 15 Jun 1849 Credit Line Owner: Amon Carter Museum of American Art Date c. 1847-49 Object number P1981.65.12 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Type ...

Object Details Artist James S. Baillie, active c. 1838 - 1855 Copy after Charles Fenderich, 1805 - 1887 Sitter James Knox Polk, 2 Nov 1795 - 15 Jun 1849 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, ...

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...

The U.S. president, James K. Polk, had campaigned on a policy platform of territorial expansion and sought to establish the United States as a hemispheric power. Polk coveted California and its ...

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although he served only one term, he was one of our country’s most ...

President James K. Polk believed in Manifest Destiny, an ideology that embraced the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America from the ...