The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...

Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans ...

Flower Power The Lytle Park neighborhood is known for its eruption of colorful flowers every spring. Accordingly, the suite’s ...

Similar to DOGE, the White House was the command center for the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. That enabled Taft to manage reorganization of the executive branch from the Oval Office.

Taft came to the presidency in 1909 with clear concepts of how the nation’s top office needed to become more powerful to meet the growing country’s burgeoning needs.

Musk’s slashing of government jobs, programs and departments isn’t the first effort by a president’s appointee to streamline government. William Howard Taft tried to do it − but very ...

About that "Big Billy" sandwich. It's named, as is the restaurant, for president William Howard Taft. Poor guy. The only person to serve as both President and Supreme Court justice, who governed ...

A new book highlights the political dynasty of the Taft family, with judges, senators, Cabinet members, plus a U.S. president and chief justice.

The conversion of the late great William Howard Taft from Wet to Dry was the high spot of last week’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, sitting in judgment on measures to modify or ...

One of the most entertaining White House memoirs in history was written not by a president but by a maid. Her name was Elizabeth Jaffray. From 1909 to 1926, Jaffray was the chief housekeeper for ...