Republican Senator John Kennedy walked back comments he made Sunday supporting the debunked theory that Ukraine hacked the Democratic National Committee server in 2016, acknowledging that all evidence points to Russia as the culprit. "I was wrong," Kennedy said in an interview on CNN Mon...
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Sen. John Kennedy and Rep. Eric Swalwell will appear on "Face the Nation" this Sunday Nov 8, 2019 Kennedy: Dems should "go hard or go home" on impeachment "Go to Amazon online, buy a spine and do it," the Louisiana Republican told "Face the...
We know that congressional hearings often deteriorate into partisan performances. But recently we saw a disturbing attempt by a Republican senator to pass off his racist ideology as fact while the actual facts didn’t come close to supporting his narrative. On November 28, Sen. John Kennedy, R-...
The Kennedy family represented the conservative wing of the Democratic Party, and was known for its anti-Communism and close ties with Republican Senator Joe McCarthy. Many liberal Democrats, led by Eleanor Roosevelt, distrusted JFK primarily because they could never forget the father's break with...
John F. Kennedy - 35th President, Cold War, Assassination: Kennedy did not disappoint his family; in fact, he never lost an election. His first opportunity came in 1946, when he ran for Congress. Although still physically weak from his war injuries, he c
John F. Kennedy served as president from 1961 to 1963, when he was assassinated. Read about his family, education, Naval and congressional careers, and more.
RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander duringWorld War II, won overwhelming victories against DemocratAdlai E. Stevensonin the presidential elections of1952and1956. The Democrats regained the White House in theelection of 1960, whenJohn F. Kennedynarrowly defeated Eisenhower’s vic...
John F. Kennedy's Senate career got off to a rocky start when he refused to condemn Senator Joseph McCarthy, a personal friend of the Kennedy family whom the Senate voted to censure in 1954 for his relentless pursuit of suspected communists. In the end, though he planned to vote against ...
The Republican Vice Presidents were in order— a freshman Senator (Nixon); a short term Governor (Agnew); a long term House member and Minority Leader (Ford); a long term Governor and multiple times Presidential contender (Rockefeller); ...
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