Government & Politics

Since George Washington set a precedent of stepping down after two terms in 1796 and 1792, the two-term expectation became a cornerstone of U.S. presidential norms. Though not c...

The White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC, is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Built between 1792 and...

The current U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is Bridget A. Brink, confirmed by the Senate and sworn in in May 2022 to serve as the president’s chief diplomatic representative to Ukr...

Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963). A fifth presi...

Impeachment is a constitutional process by which a legislature brings charges against a sitting president for misconduct and, if followed by conviction, removes that president f...

No US president has served three full terms in more than 150 years, and only one has been elected to a third term. This pattern reflects a combination of constitutional rules, p...

The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation vote was the final Senate vote on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, held on October 6, 2018. The result was 50 yeas to 48 nays, with one...

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2021 as the 49th Vice President of the United States. She is the first woman to hold the office, t...

The Spanish Royal House is the family and institutional framework surrounding the Head of State in Spain. It includes the monarch, the heir, close relatives who hold official ro...

In the United States, the phrase presidential address commonly refers to an annual message delivered to a joint session of Congress. This event usually occurs early in the calen...