Recent examples of October surprises include, in the 2000 election, the late-breaking news that 24 years earlier, George W. Bush had been arrested for DUI and, in 2016, a mere 11 days before the ...

A congressional task force will interview "first-hand witnesses" of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Rep.

Dr. Max Jacobson was known to inject amphetamine into his patients that included JFK, Truman Capote, and Mickey Mantle.

The debate about the limits of presidential power is more urgent than it has been in 100 years – with implications more ...

The next presidential election is years away, but Congress still retains the power of impeachment. More realistically, they could rein him in via legislation, as they did with President Richard Nixon.

Trump's plans for a Mar-a-Lago style makeover of this historic space has historians on edge. Here's why this garden has meant ...

Today in the Planet Money newsletter, what is presidential impoundment power? Is it really constitutional? Or are we witnessing an unconstitutional power grab? We dive into the debate.

Why just read about history when you can shake hands with it? This Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 17, the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda offered the chance to meet some of ...