WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as ...

Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...

Reagan started the tradition in 1989 when he left a letter for his successor, his own Vice President George H.W. Bush. Since Bush, each handover has been from a member of one party to the other.

Eisenhower, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Ronald Reagan, USS George W. Bush, and USS Gerald R. Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as ...

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --Two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, to be constructed "in the years ahead," will carry the names of former President Bill Clinton and former President George W. Bush ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was ... and a country that is pulling for you, including me,” George W. Bush wrote. Obama, who had campaigned vigorously against Trump ...