Oswald himself was shot and killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby President John F. Kennedy’s assassination came as a complete shock when he was killed on Nov. 22, 1963. At the time of ...

The first general election debate of the 2024 season was defined by personal attacks after U.S. President Joe Biden delivered rambling answers and his Republican rival, Donald Trump countered with ...

Philadelphia was pursuing the national political spotlight in 1948, and landed nominating conventions for the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Progressives.

Presidents come and go from the White House every four year or eight years. But descendants of John Strother Ficklin, a ...

The U.S. and Iran conflict is fueled by competing historical narratives, with each country viewing itself as the victim and ...

Extracts from CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb’s new book, “American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV Means for the Church and the World,” reveal how his election bucked history.

After helping his family’s Rite-Aid drugstore empire flourish, he waged a surprisingly close but losing race as a Reagan Republican against Mario Cuomo in 1982.

James Tallarico is turning heads as Democrats look for signs of hope in the midterm elections and beyond. You weren't born the last time that Texas elected *** Democrat to the US Senate. That's right.

The 2026 midterm season begins in earnest on Tuesday, with two of the nation's most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas.

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign and populist message influenced American politics for decades. Jackson's activism began in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, where he was part of a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a ...