Busts of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman as well as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr ... The oak desk, a gift from Queen Victoria, was first used in the Oval Office by President ...

Indeed, history offers numerous stories of underestimated men rising to distinction in the Oval Office, notably James Polk, Abraham Lincoln, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. Truman is an especially ...

Busts of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman as well as civil rights ... was first used in the Oval Office by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Brendan Rascius is a McClatchy national ...

The United States used fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, according ...

His eagerness to seize the spotlight while escaping any culpability was evident with his response to the mid-air collision of ...

The Oval Office has been expanded ... The design stayed largely the same until President Harry Truman renovated the entire White House in 1952. The renovation cost $5.7 million, according to ...