Raccoon for Thanksgiving? Not So Weird a Century Ago
Long before President Trump pardoned his first turkey, another US president saved a racoon intended to become his Thanksgiving dinner. The Washington Post has the wild story of how a raccoon sent to...
View ArticleColbert to 3 Ex-Presidents: Come 'Drop Trou' on My Show
Three former US presidents have offered to ease concern and get publicly inoculated to prove the safety of vetted COVID-19 vaccines. Now, at least one-late night host is taking them up on that offer....
View ArticleCarter, Bush, Clinton, Obama Have a Message for You
Former President Trump is noticeably absent from a new ad campaign in which the four other living presidents urge Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine when able. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W....
View ArticleTrump Wax Figure Shelved After Too Many Punches
You will no longer find former President Trump's wax figure at a museum in San Antonio, Texas. As the San Antonio Express-News reports, the statue was removed from public view at Louis Tussaud's...
View ArticleBelieve It or Not, Some World Leaders Lasted Just Minutes
Liz Truss didn't even make it two months into her stint as British prime minister, announcing her resignation Thursday amid economic turmoil in the United Kingdom. That makes her the shortest-serving...
View ArticleTake Another Look, Archives Asks Former Presidents
The National Archives has asked former US presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents they might inadvertently have kept, following the discovery of...
View ArticleJimmy Carter to Receive Hospice Care at Home
Former President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospital care at his Georgia home, the Carter Center announced Saturday. The statement said he made the decision after a series of brief stays in the...
View ArticleTrump Gets Behind Haley's Call
The Nikki Haley-Donald Trump dynamic remains an enigma: Days after the former UN ambassador announced her presidential bid in competition with her former boss, while specifically calling out...
View ArticleMeet the President Who Got Arrested
There is a lot of hullaballoo about whether former President Trump will soon be indicted, but there is one former president who was definitely arrested while in office: Ulysses S. Grant. The crime, per...
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