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 ...

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 ...

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. Such ...

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 matter. 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; ...

Recent days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from "Pulp Fiction" as if they were actual scripture; and Trump ...