On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in ...

A gunman assassinated President Kennedy from ambush Friday with a high-powered rifle. Nearly 12 hours later, a 24-year-old ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from... Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a ...

My columns usually focus on human beings, but this time, it’s nice to give a voice to those who don’t have one. Did you know ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to sign a groundbreaking piece of legislation into law: the creation of Medicare ...

The first lady, the judge who swore in the new president and others. President Kennedy stands on a Texas airstrip with Jackie Kennedy and Governor John Connally, Nov. 22, 1963. Bettmann/Corbis Nov. 8, ...

Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that ...