Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, historians said.

President Donald Trump is looking to history to back up his tariff plan – though the numbers don’t quite add up. The ...

Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum At the start of the 19th century, the United States was still a place where many people ate what they grew and many women made the family clothes.

The authors are writing in response to the Trump administration's criticism of a “widespread effort to rewrite history” with the goal to create “societal divides.” ...