Jan 19 Maryland man freed from Cuba on State of Union guest list By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A Maryland man who returned home last month after spending five years imprisoned in Cuba will have a prime viewing spot for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address: a seat near first lady Michelle Obama. Continue reading
Jan 18 Obama to pitch tax plan to aid middle class in SOTU address By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress in the position of defending top income earners over the middle class. Continue reading
Nov 26 Why presidents pardon turkeys — a history By Domenico Montanaro The presidential turkey pardon is not a new tradition -- it’s happened every year for the last quarter century. But there has been confusion about how it all got started. Continue reading
Oct 24 Astrologer who helped guide President Reagan’s schedule dies at 87 By Associated Press Nancy Reagan began consulting Quigley after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She wanted to keep him from getting shot again, Nancy Reagan wrote in her 1989 memoir, "My Turn." Entertainer Merv Griffin had told her that Quigley had… Continue reading
Aug 22 How many vacation days has President Obama taken? By Associated Press President Barack Obama as of Friday has spent all or part of 138 days on vacation, less time away from the White House than his predecessors. Here's a look at how they compare. The totals exclude trips to the Camp… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Remembering James Brady, 73, spokesman for Reagan and gun control By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 04 Former Reagan press secretary Jim Brady dies By Darlene Superville, Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Secret Tapes Listen in on Nixon Presidency Under Grips of Watergate Scandal Secret Tapes Listen in on Nixon Presidency Under Grips of Watergate Scandal… Continue watching
Jun 19 Kennedy’s ‘Ich Bin Ein Berliner’ and Reagan’s ‘Tear Down This Wall’ Speech By Larisa Epatko As President Obama returned to Berlin to speak at Brandenburg Gate, we look back at two famous Berlin speeches by other U.S. presidents, John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Ronald Reagan in 1987. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch A Battle to Preserve the Berlin Wall as Cold War Landmark In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and West Germany as a way of keeping East Germans from fleeing. Independent producers Carl… Continue watching