Aug. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, was signed by members of the Continental Congress. In 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding died ...

Part I. American dreams. Hidden stories, fateful meetings -- Washington, DC, March-April 1921 -- The dream of efficiency in government -- Part II. Reality checks. Harding's flagship program : the US ...

WASHINGTON - DNA testing all but confirmed Thomas Jefferson slept with his slave Sally Hemings. Now it's rewriting another lurid chapter in presidential history, this one from the Roaring '20s.

Once upon a time, there was a U.S. president with a predilection for golf, extra-marital affairs, assigning friends to cabinet positions, and bending the law. No, this one occupied the White House ...

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