Fix readers identified the best presidential biographies for each of the nation’s 43 presidents. Here’s a comprehensive list, with plenty of time left in the holiday shopping season in case you’re looking for holiday presents.
Former Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, who was in the motorcade when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, died on Tuesday night from a sudden illness, the AP reported. He was 89 years old. Brooks, who was considered one of the more influential members of the House at the...
NBC’s Kyle Inskeep notes that this 112th Congress is headed to achieve a dubious distinction: the least productive Congress since 1947 (which first earned the moniker “Do-Nothing” Congress). With just weeks left, this Congress has passed only 196 bills into law (and many of those have been ceremonial pieces of...
What can Steven Spielberg’s Oscar buzz-generating new film Lincoln teach us about politics in the modern age? Plenty, writes National Journal’s Jill Lawrence. The movie depicts how far Lincoln, exalted by history not only as one of the United States’ most significant presidents, but also among the most virtuous, was...
Negotiations (thanks Playbook) From a top Republican: "The deal is falling apart, as deals always do before they get done. The collapse will allow everyone to get to a small-scale deal that avoids the cliff and moves the more substantive negotiations to next Congress." From a top Democratic: "This so-called...
Thursday late Politico reported that negotiations to resolve the nation’s fiscal crisis came to a virtual standstill as congressional leaders and the White House dug deeper into their partisan positions, from tax hikes to spending cuts. The back-and-forth exchanges underscored how the November election results have failed to clarify how...
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