The Blackstone Hotel’s famous “smoke-filled room,” in which Republicans tapped Sen. Warren G. Harding to be their standard bearer in the 1920 presidential election, is now a non-smoking suite.

At this stage, the painting was usually burnished by being placed face down on a smooth slab of stone. The back of the paper was rubbed with a smooth stone, inset into a wooden holder. Burnishing was ...

President Joe Biden will instruct Cabinet members Friday to “sprint to the finish,” a White House official said, as he looks to burnish legacy items while ensuring as much of his agenda is ...