The British called a king’s ability to pardon the “prerogative of mercy,” and the Founding Fathers granted that superpower to ...

State Rep. David Thomas said a bill he introduced to give county budget commissions control over tax rates and levies is “significant legislation” that “strengthens the financial oversight” over ...

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate and the neighboring Michie Tavern are a must-do day trip in the Charlottesville area.

Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper-polarized politics? Monticello ...

While serving as the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson embarked in 1805 ... He began the project when he resided in the White House and completed it in 1820 after retiring ...

A polygraph at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States. (Getty Images) According to the National Park Service's official Facebook page for the White House and ...

Edith Hern Fossett introduced French cuisine to Cincinnati. Her culinary contribution is highlighted in a display as part of the “Julia Child: Recipe for Life” exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum ...

At the time, he was in the Virginia House of Burgesses ... What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Thomas Jefferson has shades of the History docuseries Washington, with a big difference, which we ...

as laid out in Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson more than a half century after he supposedly presented it while in the House of Burgesses. "In his autobiography, which he wrote 52 years later ...

Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” But as more recent ...

On Jan. 3, 2025, Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected as speaker of the House. After his reelection, Johnson recited a prayer that he suggested was written by Thomas Jefferson and recited every day ...