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.

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 ...