Politics Mar 14 Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, dies at 82 Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.
Nation Jan 17 One of the last of the celebrated Tuskegee Airman, Charles McGee, dies at 102 One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Charles McGee, who flew fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.
Politics Mar 09 ‘Several’ lawmakers had contact with person who got COVID-19, physician says The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Politics May 01 WATCH: Obama drops the mic at final White House Correspondents’ Dinner President Barack Obama performed his brand of sharp-tongued comedy at the White House Correspondents' Dinner for the last time - wrapping up with "Obama out" and dropping the mic while the crowd cheered.
Politics Jan 04 Huckabee leaving Fox News to mull presidential run TV host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is leaving his Fox News talk show as he considers whether to seek the Republican nomination for president, a decision he expects to reach in the spring.
Nation Dec 24 U.S. to pay Alan Gross $3.2 million after 5 years in Cuban jail WASHINGTON — A former subcontractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail will receive $3.2 million from the federal government as part of a settlement with the Maryland-based company that employed him at the time of his…
Politics Aug 04 Former Reagan press secretary Jim Brady dies The family of James Brady, the White House press secretary who was wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, says he has died. Brady was 73.