Ronald Reagan

President Joe Biden, whose Democratic Party controls both chambers of Congress, was invited to give the annual State of the Union address in March.

John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

A federal judge says the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago can be released unconditionally from the restrictions he’s been living under next year if he remains mentally stable

Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Lawyers for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan say he plans to ask a federal court to allow him to live without conditions in the Virginia home he’s currently residing in with his mother and brother

It was a day the world stood still. President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel on March 30, 1981 — 40 years ago as of Tuesday.

As much of the country prepares for the unexpected on Inauguration Day, here are a few of the umm… weirder and lesser known facts about that special day that may have escaped your attention.

Did you know Ulysses S. Grant’s inauguration was so cold that the champagne froze? Or that Richard Nixon accidentally poisoned all the pigeons along his parade route? These are just a few of the weirdest moments in inauguration history. And because ice cream is a favorite treat of President-elect Joe Biden, we’re telling these stories through sundaes.

Dick Thornburgh served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979-1987 and later served as U.S. Attorney General in Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush’s administrations.

John Hinckley is seeking an “unconditional release” from court supervision just months before the 40th anniversary of his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. In a court hearing Wednesday, an attorney for Hinckley asked a D.C. federal judge to promptly schedule a hearing on whether to remove restrictions on Hinckley.

President Donald Trump awarded Edwin Meese III with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his leadership within the conservative movement. In his acceptance speech, Meese showed his support for the current Attorney General William Barr saying, “I understand what you’re going through now.”

A Florida middle school teacher has been reassigned after a quiz given to students referred to President Donald Trump as an “idiot.”

When President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, visits New Britain Sunday, it will be the first time a sitting Polish president has visited Connecticut.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is seeking to raise $1 million in 24 hours to make an impact on the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Monday. The Chicago-based sorority is celebrating its second AKA Impact Day on Sept. 16 by raising the money for the AKA-HBCU Endowment Fund. The fundraising drive comes as some HBCUs are reportedly facing...

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California.

The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing “Jingle Bells” with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of the White House, and came at a time when the faces of missing children across the nation were being placed on milk cartons. On Thursday, police announced that human...

A college student pleaded guilty Tuesday to sneaking into Mar-a-Lago during President Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving visit in a manner similar to how a Chinese national gained admission four months later. University of Wisconsin student Mark Lindblom apologized Tuesday and received a year’s probation after federal prosecutors agreed he meant no harm when he sneaked into the Palm Beach...

Presidential biographer Edmund Morris, best known for writing a book about the life of Ronald Reagan in 1999, has died. He was 78.

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