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Today in History: March 26, bodies of 39 members of Heavens Gate cult are discovered
Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2024. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who took their own lives...
Today in History: March 22, Jimmy Carter becomes longest living US president
Today in History Today is Friday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2024. There are 284 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 22, 2019, former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94...
Biden and Trump ask voters if they're 'better off' than they were 4 years ago. It's complicated
HOUSTON (AP) — “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Rarely have voters' answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question of his supporters in all-caps Monday on his Truth Social platform. President Joe...
Achsah Nesmith, who wrote speeches for President Jimmy Carter, has died at age 84
When Achsah Nesmith got the phone call offering her a job writing presidential speeches for Jimmy Carter, she turned it down. As the mother of two young children, she explained to Carter's chief of staff, she just didn't have time. Nesmith quickly changed her mind, however, and...
The diaries of presidents offer history in the raw — even the naked — and may have secrets to tell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before dawn one summer day in Washington, the president of the United States stripped naked on a rock by the river, plunged in and saw a dead man float to the surface. We know this about John Quincy Adams because he kept a diary for the ages. So have many...
Jimmy Carter becomes first living ex-president with official White House Christmas ornament
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name. The 99-year-old is the first of the U.S. presidents to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament while still living. The ornament was unveiled Wednesday and is the latest in an...
Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?
JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the trees at Camp David, Maryland, as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin solidified a...
Biden plans to hold a March fundraiser with former Presidents Obama and Clinton in New York
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is teaming up with predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton next month for a New York fundraiser aimed at powering up donations for his reelection campaign. The threesome traded social media posts to reveal their plans. The event is set for...
Bipartisan report seeks ways to counter extreme polarization that has created distrust in elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Extreme partisanship combined with a complicated and highly decentralized voting system have led to a loss of faith in election results among some in the U.S., according to a bipartisan report released Tuesday that calls for greater transparency and steps to make voting easier....
Today in History: January 29, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth become first baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2024. There are 337 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1936, the first inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in...
