That tiny act inspired Desey to spend the next half-century accumulating a massive collection of more than 1,200 political campaign buttons ranging from the late 1800s to today. Desey, who died at ...

Over the last year, Claire Jerry, a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, has been out in the field collecting buttons, signs, clothing and other ...

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is proving to be one of the ... election workers have been issued with emergency panic buttons because of safety worries there. Since 2020, 17 states have ...

Anyone who shows up to a Louisiana polling place wearing a button, hat, shirt or other campaign apparel "would ... When is Inauguration Day 2025? President-elect Donald Trump set to be sworn ...

Voters may be eager to hear presidential election results as soon as possible ... Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter The like button now spins into a star-burst-filled ballot box ...

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate ...