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 ...
Many Upper Peninsula residents are only vaguely familiar with former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard, who suddenly halted his campaign late last week. Of course, Leonard had some degree of name recognition going in given his time as a state representative from Clinton and ...
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 ...