Jenna Bush walked down the aisle in Oscar de la Renta, while Ivanka Trump wore Vera Wang for her wedding.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Trump isn’t the first US president to contract an illness while in office, let alone during a pandemic. In 1919, Woodrow Wilson contracted the disease known as the 1918 Spanish flu, and […]

Martha Washington’s gold silk damask wedding gown is on display at Mount Vernon. Laura Bush bought her two-tone wedding dress straight off the rack in 1977. Melania Trump’s Dior wedding gown held 1,500 crystal rhinestones and pearls. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. In addition to championing important causes and […]

Eggnog is a hot-button topic when it comes to holiday beverages, attracting fans and detractors alike. The drink has a rather odd history, going from a beverage that was believed to be a nutritional treatment for influenza to a sloshy party punch. George Washington had a particularly alcoholic recipe for […]

Thanksgiving falls on November 28 this year, which means that the holiday shopping season will be shorter than usual. Back in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced a similarly compressed holiday season. To assuage the fears of retail lobbyists, FDR moved Thanksgiving forward a week that year. The change divided […]

The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, and the United Kingdom all have former US presidents memorialised as statues. Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan appear the most. But George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Benjamin Franklin, Rutherford B. Hayes, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, […]

Former President Jimmy Carter, the longest-living American president in history, is 96. The 39th president remains an active member of the human-rights organisation he cofounded. He still writes books, teaches Sunday school, and volunteers. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. Jimmy Carter is 96 years old, making him the oldest […]

Queen Elizabeth II, currently the world’s longest-reigning monarch, turns 94 years old on April 21, 2020. Since 1951, the year before she ascended to the throne, the Queen has met with 12 US presidents and helped facilitate the US and UK’s diplomatic relations. Here’s what the queen’s relationships and meetings […]

A State of the Union address has been given by presidents each year since after the founding of the country. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech at the beginning of World War II gave hope to millions of Americans. Abraham Lincoln spoke about emancipation and the survival of democracy. The annual State […]

Some US presidents and first ladies can boast of pretty swoon-worthy love stories. Grace and Calvin Coolidge met after she spied him shaving through a window; Theodore and Edith Roosevelt were childhood friends whose relationship blossomed into something more. Here’s a look at some of the most romantic presidential love […]

The majority of US presidents were middle children. Firstborn kids made up the second largest group among the 44 commanders-in-chief. There’s hasn’t yet been a president who was an only child. Take a look at the birth order of all of the US presidents throughout history. A lot of US […]

While every American president and first lady has reached the same heights of political office and public service, not all reached the White House at the same physical height. The average height of US presidents was 5-foot-10-inches, and the typical height difference between presidents and first ladies was 6.5 inches. […]

George Washington was the first president of the US. He’s widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here’s a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation. George Washington is widely regarded as the father of the United States. It’s not surprising […]

Some colleges have a pretty decent track record when it comes to producing presidential alumni. Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, the College of William & Mary, West Point, and the University of Pennsylvania have all taught more than one student that went on to become president of the United […]

Since leaving office, Barack Obama has rarely spoken in public about Donald Trump. That isn’t to say he doesn’t want to – one of Trump’s more divisive moments moments last year reportedly made Obama furious with him. A new report says Obama believed Trump’s2017 Boy Scout Jamboree speech would directly […]

Some zodiac signs are more presidential than others. Aquarius and Scorpio were the two most popular among the 44 US presidents. Virgo and Aries were the rarest signs. But, all in all, the presidents were spread out across the board when it comes to their horoscopes. The United States is […]

For many former presidents, literature has played a huge role in shaping their worldview and how they approach decision-making. Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have both released recommended reading lists on social media, while many others have discussed their favourite books in past interviews. The elder George Bush said he […]