When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world's elite golfers.
The glamorous first lady is captured on her wedding day and at the White House on LIFE.com
The story of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy is a very American story -- a very human one -- that splits the public.
With the death of John F. Kennedy's brother, Senator Edward M Kennedy, and their sister, Eunice Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics for the developmentally challenged, there has been a wealth of news stories -- obituaries and otherwise -- about the recurring tragedies endured by what some call America's "royal family."
A public wake began Thursday afternoon for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled. Shriver died Tuesday at age 88.
President Barack Obama turns 48 on Tuesday. While the first family encourages you to send contributions to your favorite charity in lieu of the White House, if you insist on doing some last-minute birthday shopping for 44, you might consider a pair of jeans or a case of Bud Light. For some historical precedent, here's a look back at some of the more interesting presidential gifts.
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at age 93, according to his family.
President Barack Obama's new presidential limousine grabbed some headlines this year - especially in Detroit -- when General Motors announced in January that Obama was getting a brand-new 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine, the first presidential limo that did not carry a specific model name.
Tomorrow marks the end of the third week of President Barack Obama's Hundred Days. After what can only be described as a euphoric inauguration, Obama has encountered some trouble.
Caroline Kennedy, who was widely considered the front-runner for an appointment to replace Hillary Clinton as U.S. senator from New York, will remove herself from consideration for that post, according to three Democratic sources.
When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world's elite golfers.
The glamorous first lady is captured on her wedding day and at the White House on LIFE.com
The story of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy is a very American story -- a very human one -- that splits the public.
With the death of John F. Kennedy's brother, Senator Edward M Kennedy, and their sister, Eunice Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics for the developmentally challenged, there has been a wealth of news stories -- obituaries and otherwise -- about the recurring tragedies endured by what some call America's "royal family."
A public wake began Thursday afternoon for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled. Shriver died Tuesday at age 88.
President Barack Obama turns 48 on Tuesday. While the first family encourages you to send contributions to your favorite charity in lieu of the White House, if you insist on doing some last-minute birthday shopping for 44, you might consider a pair of jeans or a case of Bud Light. For some historical precedent, here's a look back at some of the more interesting presidential gifts.
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at age 93, according to his family.
President Barack Obama's new presidential limousine grabbed some headlines this year - especially in Detroit -- when General Motors announced in January that Obama was getting a brand-new 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine, the first presidential limo that did not carry a specific model name.
Tomorrow marks the end of the third week of President Barack Obama's Hundred Days. After what can only be described as a euphoric inauguration, Obama has encountered some trouble.
Caroline Kennedy, who was widely considered the front-runner for an appointment to replace Hillary Clinton as U.S. senator from New York, will remove herself from consideration for that post, according to three Democratic sources.
The "Lion of the Senate," who has a brain tumor, is hospitalized but "feeling well," says his doctor
Sometimes pictures tell a story better than words. On Inauguration Day, we saw Barack Obama, strong and certain, striding purposefully into the presidency.
The Obama administration starts its work today with the highest of ambitions.
When presidents enter the White House, they have approximately 100 days to show what they are made of.
The inaugural address is a seminal moment in the development of every president. This is a relatively short speech, normally thin on detail and big on message points.
In some ways, what we heard from President-elect Obama on Thursday was a call to action -- a call to action on the economy.
After weeks of criticism that she was being too elusive, Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy is now talking about why she believes she is the best person for the job.
The daughter of Camelot will request the appointment, says New York's governor
President-elect Barack Obama deserves extra credit for looking back even as he looks ahead. Knowing that he's about to take the helm of this floundering ship of state, he's sought some inspiration from captains who've navigated these waters before.
"CDOs squared? What the hell were we thinking? These things were way too complicated!" J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon exclaimed at a Harvard Business School summit in mid-October.
Many Americans are expecting big things from President Barack Obama.
When presidents enter the White House, they have approximately 100 days to show what they are made of.
Oliver Stone's biopic of the President leaves its central figure a mystery and the moviegoer unmoved
Wednesday night's vote on the financial bailout was good for future legislators who plan to run for president. For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that sitting senators make bad presidential candidates.
Historical Background: Presidential debates are a product of the television era. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy met in the first general election presidential debate, which was viewed by about 70 million people.
Debates are a campaign's restart button. Voters try to erase their preconceptions and examine the candidates face-to-face, equal and unscripted -- which is why a challenger, particularly one who's running behind, is eager to have as many debates as possible.
For six hours and with at least 60 speakers, Democrats will focus Tuesday on a theme of "Renewing America's Promise" at their national convention.
Barack Obama is a transformational figure in American history who's been able to excite the same intensity of feeling among Americans as I saw during my father's 1968 campaign and my uncle John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign.
This year, gasoline climbed over $4 a gallon, and the traffic death toll -- according to one study -- appears headed to the lowest levels since JFK moved into the White House
When it comes to vice presidential picks, there have been some good ones and some not so good ones.
Amid record levels of anti-American sentiment, the Democrat will likely get the warmest reception in Berlin since Kennedy
The candidate wants to speak in front of Berlin's most dramatic prop. Romesh Ratnesar explains why Germans are hesitant
An operation to remove a malignant tumor from Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain was successful, and the Democrat should suffer no permanent damage from the procedure, his surgeon reported Monday.
After a six-hour operation, the senator expects to be hospitalized for a week
Surrounded by family, a smiling Sen. Edward Kennedy left a Boston hospital Wednesday morning, a day after his doctors announced that he has a malignant brain tumor.
He's being released from the hospital and will travel to the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport
Sen. Edward "Teddy" Kennedy -- patriarch of the first family of U.S. Democratic politics -- now faces the battle of his life after doctors disclosed he is suffering from a malignant brain tumor.
Sen. Ted Kennedy was undergoing more tests Monday as doctors tried to figure out what caused his seizure.
The longtime politician is taken to Massachusetts General after suffering an apparent seizure
Sen. Edward Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston, Massachusetts, after suffering an apparent seizure Saturday morning, his family said.
Hillary Clinton and John McCain are arguing that Barack Obama is too green for the job. But history shows that when it comes to the presidency, experience doesn't guarantee success
Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama made headlines across the nation, largely because the Kennedy family was thought to be firmly situated in the Hillary Clinton camp.
Some historians credit Republican President Warren G. Harding with running the first campaign that made use of celebrity endorsement.
Some are comparing his speech on Mormonism to the one JFK gave in 1960 on his Catholicism. But there are differences
Fifty years ago this Saturday, Laika -- a sweet-tempered stray plucked off the streets of Moscow -- was thrust into the global spotlight when she became the first living creature sent into space.
The prosecutor called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable." But the rhetoric may not match the charges
The fourth suspect wanted in connection with an alleged plot to attack New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport turned himself in to Trinidad authorities Tuesday, police said.
Four men have been charged with conspiring to blow up jet fuel supply tanks and pipelines at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
New testing on the type of ammunition used in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy raises questions about whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University
Jack Valenti, the longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America, died Thursday of complications from a stroke he suffered in March, his family announced. He was 85.
In October 1925, a 12 year-old boy in a small California town wrote in a school assignment that he "would like to study law and enter politics for an occupation so that I might be of some good to the people." The boy: Richard Milhous Nixon, some 43 years before being elected the nation's 37th president.
Days on the road 100.
Lloyd Bentsen, a former congressman, senator and treasury secretary, is dead, his family told CNN on Tuesday.
Ron Howard had an interesting point.
Everyone has CEO fantasies. But mine aren't about running a multinational; they're about fabulous offices, sweeping views, luxe travel. So a test-ride on US Helicopter's new Manhattan-to-J.F.K. airport shuttle (launching March 13; $159 each way) is total wish fulfillment.
Everyone has CEO fantasies. But mine aren't about running a multinational; they're about fabulous offices, sweeping views, luxe travel. So a test-ride on US Helicopter's new Manhattan-to-J.F.K. air...
As a child at the White House, Caroline Kennedy got early lessons in the power of words.
You might imagine that soaring fuel costs, vicious fare wars, and the specter of bankruptcy would discourage a major airline from making any major architectural statements. Not American Airlines: T...
One was a wealthy Bostonian, handsome but sickly, a rakish war hero uncertain about his future.
It seems as if every airline has partnered with a famous fashion designer to outfit employees. Delta has deals with Kate Spade and Richard Tyler, Julien Macdonald (Givenchy) works with British Airw...
When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he was worried about losing Protestant voters.
Some rarely seen pictures of President John F. Kennedy, his wife, Jacqueline, and their family will be among the items sold at auction by the late president's daughter, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, in February, Sotheby's auction house said Tuesday.
Bankrupt United Air Lines Corp. will soon offer premium-service coast-to-coast flights exclusively geared toward the upscale traveler, according to a report published Friday.
On radio, most pundits and polls scored the September 26, 1960, debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy a draw, with some giving the Republican contender the edge. But on television, it was no contest.
To those of us who eat, sleep and occasionally drink politics, nearly everything that happens in a presidential campaign is interesting, but very few things are really important.
U.S. presidents have guided us to wartime victory and plunged us into economic depression. All of their triumphs and failures can teach us a thing or two about our own careers.
The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy has collided with an unidentified dhow while on patrol in the Arabian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said.
"Kennedy is the Remedy," "I Back Jack" and "Leadership for the 60s" are just some of the slogans on posters, buttons and pennants that adorn the walls claiming allegiance to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
A Queens, New York, man has been charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, including several personal items that once belonged to John F. Kennedy Jr., a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney's office told CNN Wednesday.
The last time a major political party put forward a Roman Catholic candidate for President, he had to confront bigotry and suspicion that he would be taking orders from Rome.
The owners of forged love letters purported to be the secret correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and actress Marilyn Monroe are trying to stop the government from destroying them.
Airports are no longer just places to catch planes. Between the shopping, spa treatments, and kiddie museums, who needs to be on the 11:30 A.M. to Dallas? As delays become more prevalent, airports ...
Preparing to meet JetBlue Airways CEO David Neeleman--by all accounts the most successful, innovative airline founder to hit the scene since Herb Kelleher--I'm thinking I'll encounter a certain swa...
In an effort to de-stress travelers, Bombay Sapphire is moving two large aquariums full of tropical fish from airport to airport (one just left J.F.K. for Miami; another is on its way to Madrid fro...
Here's a debate for the ride home from D.C.: Is our nation's capital the magnificent emporium George Washington envisioned or the town of Southern efficiency and Northern charm J.F.K. wryly observe...
John F. Kennedy may not enjoy a reputation for fidelity, but when it came to his briefcase, his commitment knew no bounds. For evidence, look no further than the lone briefcase that he kept from th...
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Most accounts of the life and death of John F. Kennedy fall into two equally useless categories -- hatchet job or warm, wet kiss. To that extent, President Kennedy: Profile of Power (Simon & Schust...
You talk about a labor lobby. Well, it is a child compared to this utility lobby . . . ((It is)) the most powerful, dangerous lobby . . . that has ever been created by any organization in this coun...
On average, the 30 Dow industrials have gained a modest 4.1% in the first year of presidential terms since World War II and 3.3% for the past eight terms shown at right. Such subdued advances, howe...
On the face of it, you'd be silly not to be buying stocks nowadays. Corporate profits are swelling, and the economy is starting to boogie. The easy alternatives to equities, like bank CDs, offer a ...
While nobody has made a big deal of it yet, there is a baby-boomer running for President. Bill Clinton, born August 19, 1946, rides the leading edge, the fortunate foam, of that demographic tsunami...
Maybe it's because we grew up in an era of unprecedented economic expansion and mass affluence. Or maybe it's because our parents defeated Hitler and clearly expected something equally big of us. I...
! It wasn't cool to care about money in the '60s, but that shouldn't stop enterprising ex-hippies from making some bread off the relics of their peace- and-love past. You already know how lucrative...
Except for the author's opinions on substantive issues, Tip O'Neill's memoirs make marvelous reading. The former Speaker is a great storyteller, and like Jimmy Durante he has a million of them -- i...
In which your correspondent, egged on by hardly anybody, resumes his still unexplained habit of windily propounding questions guaranteed to remain unanswered. -- How could the mighty American media...
Q. I have a 30-year, $110,000 mortgage at 9% on my house. I want to increase the principal payments during the next 20 years before I retire. Can I simply make bigger payments without renegotiating...
When Joseph P. Kennedy II, Robert Kennedy's eldest son, founded Citizens Energy Corp. in 1979 to provide low-cost heating oil to the poor, some saw the nonprofit company as an ideal political launc...
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