When state lawmakers return to Richmond in January, they should make a priority of improving Virginia’s open government law.

If you're not yet tired of presidential history, then drive less than 25 minutes from Colonial Beach to James Madison’s birthplace, Belle Grove Plantation, which is now a bed and breakfast.

There are 21 states with the distinction of being the birthplace of a U.S. president. Virginia has produced the most with ...

Learn about the Whitewater scandal, the real estate controversy involving former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.

Actually, the Electoral College was about both and more. Examining the perspective of John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware and an architect of the Electoral College who neither distrusted the ...

Let’s say you happen to be traveling through Iowa and are in a time crunch. You only have one day to stop along your route ...

The president and his successor were scheduled to meet Wednesday at the White House, a courtesy Mr. Trump did not extend to ...

Michael Schaffer is a senior editor and columnist at POLITICO Magazine. He has covered national and local politics for over ...