Former congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Chief of Staff to Gerald Ford before becoming George Bush's number 2, he was one of the most influential insiders in Washington and responsible for the ...

The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the controversial 46th vice president of the United States and one of the most powerful figures in American politics in the last century, died Monday. “Richard B.