Ronald Reagan began tradition of leaving letter to his successor in 1989 as he handed over power to George H.W. Bush

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for his predecessor-turned-successor, Donald Trump.

President George W. Bush pauses at his desk after he signed a Joint Resolution commemorating Ronald Reagan's 90th birthday in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 15, 2001. Credit: AP/Ron ...

Americans turn to their leaders for solace in times of mourning. Donald Trump has used national tragedies to make political points or demean critics.

President Donald Trump has the lowest initial approval ratings of any president since 1953 — except for himself in 2017.

President Donald Trump was already in the midst of a moment like when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers as a deadly aviation disaster struck. Except Trump was trying to remind federal employees who is the boss much more broadly than Reagan was as he stared down an illegal strike.

Ever since the second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day — July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the American presidency has thrown up a goodly number of calendrical coincidences.

While former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama support different parties, that doesn't mean they can't get along. Read about their friendship and Bush's with former first lady Michelle Obama.

He must pursue a variety of spending cuts that will clearly serve the interests of the American public as a whole, and not just his supporters.

Joe Biden on Monday left a personal letter addressed to his successor in the Oval Office, returning the gesture Donald Trump made for him on Inauguration Day in 2021. He has described Trump’s letter to him as “very generous,

As Republican Ronald ... by Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey, who was appointed the director of Central Intelligence (now National Intelligence) in the incoming administration. Reagan’s top aides, including running mate George HW Bush and ...

Before that, there existed official but not-fully-enforced procedures for guidance document oversight from the George W. Bush era. Trump should reissue and update—and Congress codify—his E.O ...