The longtime Washington journalist turned author of several books on US history, including one about the man who seems to be ...

When President Donald Trump pulled William McKinley from the outer reaches of American history and hailed his presidency as a model for today’s U.S. leadership, he harked back to the far-distant era ...

Kern said McKinley first rose to prominence as a Civil War veteran, and an Ohio Republican ... Eight days later, President William McKinley died. He was 58. The public response was the equivalent ...

It is made for the American people and American interests.” Seven years later, when McKinley was in the Oval Office, he ...

A little history can be a bad thing, and President Donald Trump’s little glimpse of history appears to be limited to the 1897 ...

Experts on the era say Trump is idealizing a time rife with government and business corruption, social turmoil and inequality ...

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...

And it is perhaps appropriate that, in pursuing his heady aims, he should single out for praise and guidance William McKinley of Ohio — a Civil War hero, congressman, and governor twice elected ...