Abraham Lincoln

We must live in the real world.

Lincoln spoke about a dream he'd had the night before—and many times during the war. Something important always followed it.

"It felt like a really interesting story to be telling in this moment, because it speaks to how fragile democracies can be," Tobias Menzies tells 'Newsweek' about 'Manhunt.'

America's excellence, its exceptionalism, used to be embodied in the spirit of George Washington, whose birthday is observed today.

As a federal holiday, some may wonder what businesses will be open such as the United States Postal Service (USPS) and other delivery services.

Abraham Lincoln topped the list while Donald Trump was ranked last, according to the results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project expert survey.

"You probably wouldn't even know who Abraham Lincoln was," the former president said on Saturday.

In the 19th century, Thanksgiving was celebrated at different times of the year. Sarah Josepha Hale changed that.

"The implications of the defendant's unbounded immunity theory are startling," federal prosecutors said of arguments put forward by Trump's legal team.

Does it make sense to evaluate the personal morality of politicians while judging their suitability for high office?

Constitution Day falls on September 17, and it doesn't get anywhere near the recognition it deserves.

Some underlying reserve of public sentiment is necessary to effect transformative change.

One TikToker user commenting on the discovery said it was "proof enough that he has no business with that job."

The video speculated whether America's 16th president had male lovers in a video that was published last year.

On a day that marked a new and happy beginning to Lincoln's life, John Wilkes Booth was plotting to make it the president's last.

Most banks follow the Federal Reserve System's holiday schedule and will be closed, but some will keep their doors open.

The federal holiday is also known as Washington's Birthday and was initially proposed to celebrate the first U.S. president.

The Florida governor's policies on race in education sparked backlash from community members.

From the start, Speaker McCarthy began describing an American way to govern—not a Republican nor a factional way.

During the early years of America's Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sought a limited conflict against people he still regarded as fellow countrymen and with whom he sought reconciliation. Only after three years of stalemate did he turn to "Unconditional Surrender Grant," who in turn unleashed General William Tecumseh Sherman to "make Georgia howl" and help bring the war to its decisively violent conclusion.

"With increasing frequency, we have tragically seen vandalism directed against Lincoln statues, particularly in the Midwest," a historian told Newsweek.

In the midst of this Thanksgiving season, let's remember the shared history and principles that bind us together.

Trump said that a prominent pollster told him if Washington and Lincoln were resurrected and ran on a combined ticket, he would defeat them "by 40 percent."

Congresswoman Liz Cheney was decisively repudiated by the Republican voters of Wyoming.

Former President Donald Trump's supporters called Representative Cheney "delusional" for comparing herself to Lincoln following her blowout GOP primary loss.

Speaking at a new technical college in New York, Lincoln demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers attacked slavery as a moral wrong.

"A rare Davy Crockett letter that perfectly illustrates the honesty and the fire which made him a folk hero," Bonhams noted.

The Doodle was created by Virginia-based father-and-son artist duo Jerome and Jeromyah Jones.

Today's Democrats routinely threaten the republic with mob rule if they do not get their way.

The Division of Legislative Services, a nonpartisan state agency, took the blame for the error on Friday morning.