History in the News

Few occasions are notable enough to bring together former and sitting presidents, inaugurations, funerals, the opening of a presidential library.

The latest polls indicate a weak economy continues to drag down President Obama's job approval rating, but those hardly guarantee any big changes in Washington.

Twenty British soldiers are being laid to rest with full military honors in this sleepy northern French village, nearly a century after the First World War battle that claimed their lives.

Since World War II, the post-presidency years of most of our former chief executives have centered around the construction of their presidential libraries, writing their memoirs, burnishing their legacies through foundations, making vast amounts of money, and, in many ways, doing some social good.

The U.S. National Archives plans to make public another 4,000 pages of documents from the Clinton White House on Friday, including previously unreleased records related to Vice-President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and the 2000 recount in Florida.

A 1905 artistA s rendering depicts President Abraham Lincoln speaking at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863.

The National Association of Broadcasters announced today that Jorge Ramos, renowned broadcast television journalist for Univision and now Fusion, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award during the 2014 NAB Show.

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia Thursday of "massive" long-term damage to its economic and political interests if it continued to violate international law with its seizure of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.

Finally, Iranians and Americans can agree on one thing; "it's the economy, stupid," as President Bill Clinton used to say.

The American Civil War Wax Museum in Gettysburg will hold an auction this Saturday, and will feature not only 95 wax figures, but all the props used to create the 52 year old vignettes, such as antique furniture, light fixtures, backdrops and scenery, old books, oil paintings and some store displays.

That's the general view in Washington this week after new campaign-finance related allegations surfaced against the city's Democratic mayor just three weeks before the primary.

Bill Clinton is wading into a hotly contested U.S. House primary in Philadelphia and its suburbs to raise money for Marjorie Margolies, the mother-in-law of Chelsea Clinton who is running for a seat two decades after she lost it.

This week, All Things Considered is exploring a counterfactual history of World War I , and we invite you to participate.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the New York City Mayoral inauguration ceremony in January.

As always, every World War II vet in attendance was designated as a Grand Marshall of the Saturday morning parade.

As the nation continues to fight over the Obamacare mandate that everyone have reasonable health insurance, and both proponents and opponents struggle with its complex policy and technology implementations , a bigger disconnnect is looming.

Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got its first test ahead of November's midterm elections and both sides spent millions auditioning national strategies.

Things got a little awkward during Chelsea Clinton's speech at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, when she proudly told a full house of tech and digital enthusiasts: "I'm obsessed with diarrhea."

This week, All Things Considered will be exploring a counterfactual history of World War I and we invite you to participate.

A fight is brewing, and the control of the Republican Party is at stake. That fight would headline any pay-per-view event but with a wide-open 2016 presidential election on the horizon, the stakes are a lot higher.