Andrew Jackson is the only president of the United States who got the better of his attempted assassin. The aged Jackson was at the Capitol for a congressional funeral when a crazed man named Richard Lawrence aimed a pistol directly at his chest and pulled the trigger. It misfired. Jackson ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell said he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month "for an undetermined period of time," citing the "unprecedented" legal attacks against the central bank by the Trump administration. "I worry these attacks are ...
Today is Thursday, April 30, the 120th day of 2026. There are 245 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. Also on this date: In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York as the first president of the United States. In 1803, the United States completed its purchase of the 828,000 square-mile Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million at the time; the acquisition roughly doubled the size of the United ...
President Trump canceled a delegation of U.S. negotiators about to head to Islamabad for continued negotiations with Iran because it appeared no one from the Iranian regime planned to show up. It’s past time to consider whether the American side truly knows the goals of the Iranian side. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the ...
Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2026. There are 246 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers charged with assault and using excessive force in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by six days of rioting in Los Angeles that destroyed hundreds of businesses and resulted in over 60 deaths. Also on this date: In 1862, a Union naval force commanded by Flag Officer David Farragut captured New Orleans in the Civil War, striking a hard blow at the ...
