U.S. President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the ...

Our 25th president loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But William McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated.

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 ...

Will the second Trump administration come undone by an economic policy based on what the British military historian Lawrence ...

In contrast, Trump has pushed presidential bounds and was a profligate spender in his first term. Another difference: ...

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...

President Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for one predecessor in particular: William McKinley ... one of the four presidents that was assassinated, and for having his name attached ...

William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?

In his inaugural address, Trump harked back to William McKinley, the 25th US president, who was in office from 1897 until he was assassinated in 1901. The McKinley tariff protection era in the US ...