Socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., becoming one of the most famous ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

When Guffey casually wondered what Harry Truman thought of Vice President Wallace, Truman’s reply summed up what most every important Democrat in the nation thought. “He’s the best Secretary ... man ...

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...

As Robert Caro recounts in Master of the Senate, the third volume of his LBJ biography ... Washington’s first hostess and President Truman’s best pal, may marry Vice President Alben Barkley.

Kutlin’s biography quoted from a manuscript of Mary T ... Of course, many members of Congress have had strong ties to political machines, not the least of which was Harry Truman. Like Harry Truman, ...

This “world-class planning sprint” includes partnering with cruise lines, airlines, the Coast Guard and other organizations to learn from their best planning practices ... aboard the aircraft carrier ...

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New ...