WASHINGTON - Vice President JD Vance found himself in an awkward spot recently when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posed what should have been an easy question for someone ...

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the “second term curse”.

A second presidential term is the ultimate trophy in American politics. But those who win it often see it as something more: a chance to change the country — or at least its national government — to ...