| 单词 | Harry Truman |
| 例句 | A senator from Missouri named Harry Truman began to get curious. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city, said Harry Truman. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The American president, J « Harry Truman, had petitioned Congress to allow tens of thousands of concentration camp survivors to immigrate to the United States. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg admired President Harry Truman’s response—a commitment to supporting democracies and containing Soviet influence from spreading further. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The last time the county had voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was in 1948, when it went for Harry Truman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly had also voted for the Truman woman standing before her Victorian house in Independence, Missouri, and not specifically for Harry Truman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Several students meekly raised their hands and proffered the name of Harry Truman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In his chambers, his bookshelf kept histories of great men, like Ben Franklin, Harry Truman, and, most cherished by the judge, Lincoln. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry Truman strode through the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., dressed in his usual gray suit and bow tie. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Ho sent a series of messages to President Harry Truman, asking the United States to recognize the independent nation of Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Former president Harry Truman, idealized by many blacks for integrating the military, may have been more decisive than his successor, but his stand on the lunch-counter protests didn’t please blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A similar shortcoming biased the 1948 poll which showed Thomas Dewey beating Harry Truman. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily Rumfoord shuddered, went on pretending to read the Harry Truman thing. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If you say, “Alexa, good morning,” she’ll respond with some reasonably interesting thing: it’s International Literacy Day, it’s National Techies Day, on this day in 1947, Harry Truman made the first televised Presidential speech. Yelling at Amazon’s Alexa 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Harry Truman published the first installment of his two-volume memoirs a full year faster than Obama published his. Presidential Memoirs Don’t Always Take This Long to Write 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z To give just two examples: Harry Truman defied Stalin’s blockade of West Berlin and Dwight Eisenhower ignored Khrushchev’s threats toward that same city. How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misstated when President Harry Truman signed an order to desegregate the U.S. military. On a Civil Rights Trail, Essential Sites and Indelible Detours 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Nicknamed the "pianist to the presidents," Williams played for every commander in chief from Harry Truman to George W. Bush. Famed pianist Roger Williams dies at 87 2011-10-08T17:35:15Z July 1948 President Harry Truman ends racial segregation in the military. Protests have long been a powerful way to bring about change 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman had estimated the damage at more than $1 billion, and reluctantly signed a $113 million flood relief bill. 1951 flood painting to be auctioned in NYC 2011-05-17T18:35:09Z Will Daniel, a rebellious and volatile grandson of Harry Truman, chose to hide his illustrious family history. The Lives of Four Andover Grads Cut Short 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln was a postmaster in Illinois, and Harry Truman served as one in Missouri. Trump, beware: Americans have a deep, enduring love for the Postal Service 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “It is unrealistic,” Wallace says, “to think Harry Truman would make any other choice.” A Day-by-Day Re-Creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z That the effort to put Binion away for tax evasion extended not only to F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover but to President Harry Truman as well. An Unusual Gangster: Doug J. Swanson Talks About Benny Binion 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Cliburn performed for royalty, heads of state in Europe, Asia and South America, and for every U.S. president since Harry Truman. Van Cliburn, American Classical Pianist, Dies 2013-02-27T20:06:33Z “Before Harry Truman did his massive renovation of the White House, it really was a ramshackle old building,” he says. What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? These 10-year-olds have a lot of ideas. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Nicknamed the "pianist to the presidents," Williams played for every commander in chief from Harry Truman to George H.W. Famed pianist Roger Williams dies at 87 2011-10-09T00:01:04Z Harry Truman tried to break the company into pieces. Books of The Times: ?The Great A&P,? by Marc Levinson, a Retail History - Review 2011-09-06T21:03:24Z Three decades later the upstart captain — one Harry Truman — was a candidate for president against long odds. 'With Their Bare Hands' tracks America's ascension to military power during WWI 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes people give Abraham Lincoln or Harry Truman credit for starting this whole turkey pardon thing. Obama’s last turkey pardon is the dad joke the country needs right now 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But after World War II, Harry Truman responded to Stalin's Soviet Union with the doctrine of global containment. 'The Emergency State:' overreaching presidents, from Roosevelt to Obama 2012-02-23T21:35:38Z Long before he ran afoul of Harry Truman near the end of the Korean War, the self-glorifying Army general was ignoring the orders of President Herbert Hoover. Even Headstrong Generals Must Answer to Someone 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Harry Truman captured the gulf between politicians and their economic advisers when, as president, he quipped that he needed a one-handed economist. ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Lee Daniels' "The Butler" is a hit movie starring Forest Whitaker in the lead role, which is loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who served presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Obama on watching 'The Butler' - 'I did tear up' 2013-08-27T21:24:54Z Ross, who was no relation to founding editor Harold Ross, wrote one of her first pieces about Harry Truman's pre-Presidential life as a haberdasher in Kansas City. Lillian Ross, celebrated New Yorker writer, dead at 99 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Noah had a particular problem with Donald Trump’s “pants on fire” statement that former President Harry Truman deported 1.5 million undocumented immigrants while in office. “Donald Trump only wants women on stage after he’s awarded them some kind of sash” 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Harry Truman called it “the great white jail.” How a plain and tired lawn became the Rose Garden 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z She voted for Harry Truman, who ended the war. She was born the day women got the vote. And then a century passed. . . 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z In 1931, it became a hunting and fishing preserve for prominent Democratic politicians; presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman both visited. In Chesapeake Bay, Poplar Island is a man-made miracle 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z When he told Harry Truman that he felt he had blood on his hands, the president warned his aides to keep this "cry-baby scientist" away from him. Inside the Centre: The Life of J Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk – review 2012-12-16T00:05:05Z And further to that, "I came from the streets of Philadelphia to the White House – Harry Truman loved me, Ike loved me, Jack Kennedy and I shared drugs and women," he later said of himself. Eddie Fisher obituary 2010-09-24T16:11:00Z As this beguiling new biography explains, Harry Truman seemed like an ordinary man, but he had the native self-confidence that marks a person as a leader. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Harry Truman was such a terrible speaker that his aides, at the 1948 Democratic convention, decided to give him a list of talking points instead of a speech. With choreographed conventions, is something lost? 2012-08-29T03:21:08Z Now it’s the town’s musical mission statement and a big reason Key West has gone from the kind of place President Harry Truman visited on vacation to the nation’s capital of hanging out. The last trail of a Lincoln conspirator 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z On the American side, for example, we learn little about the geopolitical calculations that led presidents from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon to fixate on the need to stop Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa hailed him as “the Harry Truman of our time” and “the kind of plain-spoken Democrat we need.” ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z White personally petitioned his friend Harry Truman in advance of the president’s 1948 executive order desegregating the military and subsequent decision to support the addition of a rights plank in the Democratic Party platform. Antagonist, Activist, Operator, Survivor 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The Korean War was almost equally taxing for Harry Truman, who in a moment of candor admitted that under the strain, “I lost my temper.” Waging War From the Oval Office 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Cliburn performed for royalty, heads of state in Europe, Asia and South America, and for every U.S. president since Harry Truman. Van Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies 2013-02-27T17:19:28Z Senate records of Harry Truman, or a newspaper clipping about boxer Jack Johnson, or background on Gen. George Armstrong Custer. Spotlight on researcher for McCullough, Ken Burns 2012-11-19T15:11:31Z INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Actor Gary Sinise says playing President Harry Truman in a movie changed his life. Gary Sinise says playing Truman changed his life 2011-05-06T13:37:09Z President Harry Truman famously said, perhaps apocryphally, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Why doesn’t Trump have a dog — and should he get one? Experts weigh in 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Harry Truman called it the “greatest monstrosity in America.” MAGA War on Architectural Diversity Weaponizes Greek Columns 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s difficult to imagine a repeat of 1945, when Harry Truman succeeded Roosevelt and didn’t know that the United States had developed an atomic bomb. Six vice presidents talk about job once considered invisible 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z To soak up history while you sleep, stay at The Mayflower Renaissance, once a regular lunch spot for J. Edgar Hoover, and home to Harry Truman for the first 90 days of his presidency. These Are America's Best Cities for Historic Sites 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Harry Truman was convinced that Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, was a Communist, and Dwight Eisenhower’s secretary of state, the starchy John Foster Dulles, harbored similar sentiments. India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z If a museum dedicated to Harry Truman — who first articulated the with-us-or-against-us Cold War mentality and vowed to prevent the spread of communism at all costs — can’t toot its horn without mixed feelings, who can? America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z Stone: When Harry Truman became President it was a bit of an accident. Oliver Stone tackles modern history in new series 2012-11-21T21:52:08Z He has performed for every president since Harry Truman, and for years has devoted his time to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Renowned pianist Van Cliburn diagnosed with cancer 2012-08-28T03:01:12Z In many small towns, belonging to the Klan was a means of career advancement for political strivers — among them Hugo Black and, apparently, Harry Truman. The Ku Klux Klan’s Surprising History 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z In Washington, President Harry Truman worried not only about Russia, China and other threats. MacArthur and Truman face off in H.W. Brands' new history 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Capitol and four indictments later, it’s clear that interview dynamic that “Meet the Press” has employed since Harry Truman was in office does not work in 2023. Commentary: 'Meet the Press' debuts with Kristen Welker and treads familiar ground with Trump 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Many other Cold War liberals never gave up their belief in collective human progress, including the Cold War Democratic presidents Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and the prominent intellectuals who advised them. How liberalism sabotaged itself: Are Cold War intellectuals to blame? 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z In 1948, President Harry Truman signed an executive order banning the segregation in the military. North Korea and Travis King case shines spotlight on race in US military 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Franklin D. Roosevelt dropped Henry Wallace in 1944 and replaced him, fortunately, with Harry Truman. Column: An unlikely solution to the problems with Harris and Feinstein 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z She went Wednesday to Dwight Eisenhower’s library in the small town of Abilene on the rolling Kansas prairie, and on Thursday to Harry Truman’s library in Independence, Missouri, in the Kansas City area. Once a target of pro-Trump anger, U.S. archivist preps agency for digital flood 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Public discussion of the nuclear era began when President Harry Truman issued a statement that announced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima — which he described only as "an important Japanese Army base." Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings "nuclear tests"? The U.S. government said so 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Fourth, Harry Truman refused Gen. MacArthur’s request to use the atomic bomb during the Korean War because he feared its consequences on the world more than the conflict itself. Calendar Feedback: 'Oppenheimer' and the atom bomb inspire reader thoughts 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z And for nearly six months of his 1945-1953 presidency, Harry Truman governed the U.S. from his Key West “Little White House” that is now Florida’s only presidential museum. A sweet slice of history: Florida Keys celebrate 200th birthday with giant Key lime pie 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman in 1948 ordered the end of segregation in the military, though that took years to fully achieve. UK village marks 80th anniversary of fight against US Army racism in World War II 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman in 1948 ordered the end of segregation in the U.S. military, though it took years to fully achieve that goal. UK village marks struggle against US Army racism in World War II 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z "The buck stops here," Harry Truman famously told us. Hunter Biden and Donald Trump: Not remotely equivalent — but still a problem for Joe Biden 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The 47-volume, 7,000-page report told how four successive presidents, beginning with Harry Truman, had lied about the scope of American involvement and prospects for victory in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Doing so would hardly be new: Harry Truman and Franklin Roosevelt used such red-blooded language. How Democrats Can Win Workers 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z He put Harry Truman in charge of finding and prosecuting war profiteers, further chastising America's oligarchs. What little Ukraine can teach big America about how to deal with our oligarch problem 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman issued a proclamation in 1950 marking the occasion. A prayer for peace on Memorial Day | Editorial 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z He warned the new U.S. president, Harry Truman, who was unaware of what had been agreed to at the Moscow Conference, of the danger of allowing the Soviets to control the region. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z President Harry Truman threatened Japan “If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the likes of which has never been seen on this earth.” At Hiroshima, Leaders Should Choose to End All Nuclear Threats 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z There are some who think she should be replaced on the ticket, but so far Biden has shown no inclination to pull an FDR and find himself a Harry Truman. Joe Biden vs. a dead skunk: Our president may be old, but the opposition is literally rotting 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The plant first made its way into the White House in 1952 with the Irish Ambassador to the US John Hearne delivering a box for President Harry Truman. St Patrick's Day: Why is the US president given a bowl of shamrock? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman gives his first White House press conference, on April 17, 1945. All presidents avoid reporters — but Biden may achieve a record in his press avoidance 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Bess Truman joined President Harry Truman for opening day of Washington Senators’ games, but also went alone or with her daughter and friends. Jill Biden not shy about her ‘Philly girl’ sports fandom 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z When President Harry Truman called Congress into extraordinary session in 1948, Taft blocked even innocuous bills, angering voters and inadvertently contributing to Truman's upset re-election. Making excuses for dictators is nothing new: "Mr. Republican" and the Nazis 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z And President Harry Truman, records show, advised Mr. Webb to slow-walk the Republican investigation, while complying with its legal dictates. How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z FDR’s death put an end to Henry Jr.’s status as favored son; he squabbled incessantly with Harry Truman, who eventually fired him. Review | The extraordinary lives and lasting influence of the Morgenthaus 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In the first, President Harry Truman and Webb discussed whether to cooperate with Congressional investigators who were seeking information about state department employees. NASA Really, Really Won’t Rename JWST Despite Community Pushback 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The birds were hatched in July in Monroe, North Carolina, according to the National Turkey Federation, sponsor of the turkey tradition that dates to 1947 and President Harry Truman. Biden opens holidays, pardons turkeys Chocolate and Chip 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Harry Truman lost 55 House seats in his first midterms; Bill Clinton lost 53; Barack Obama lost 63. Five Takeaways From a Red Wave That Didn’t Reach the Shore 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The largest independent spenders in the state were WA Wins, New Direction PAC, which have received funds from the Harry Truman Fund and Kennedy Fund, and Evergreen Progress, funded by the Washington state Republican Party. WA companies pour hedged support for state midterm candidates, PACs 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z When Harry Truman aligned the U.S. with French colonial forces in Indochina, it marked a tragic wrong turn in history. How Vietnam changed me — and changed America 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z For example, New Direction PAC’s top donors are Democratic Party PACs called the Harry Truman Fund and Kennedy Fund, along with unions for service workers and state employees. Where money is gushing into WA state Legislature elections — and why 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman to rain down nuclear fire. What’s Putin thinking? Tough to know for nuclear analysts 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z If you go back to ancient history before either of us was born, to the 1950s, and you look at Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, both of them were actually big readers. How the GOP weaponized ignorance — and how “smart people acting like dopes” stay in power 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “From this day forward may Harry Truman’s statue serve as a reminder of his courage, and courage we need to have to take on projects that will help build this nation,” Cleaver said. Statue of Harry Truman unveiled in U.S. Capitol Rotunda 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z She started with Harry Truman in 1951 when she was still a princess. Queen Elizabeth's reign featured enchiladas with Reagan, dancing with Ford 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z But with the Manhattan Project demonstrating success, President Harry Truman instead chose to deploy the nation’s new nuclear weapon. A Proud Nuclear Town Grapples With How to Remember the Bomb 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The queen was a 25-year-old princess when she came to Washington in 1951 and stayed with President Harry Truman and his family. From Eisenhower to Biden, queen met every US president but one 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Harry Truman didn't go to college, but he read like crazy. How the GOP weaponized ignorance — and how “smart people acting like dopes” stay in power 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z She was still a princess when she met President Harry Truman in Washington. Biden is 13th and final US president to meet Queen Elizabeth 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Was President Harry Truman pushed into recognizing the new Jewish state in 1948 by powerful Jewish financiers? Review | The real history of the U.S.-Israel relationship 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The modern classification system was created in a September 1951 executive order signed by President Harry Truman. Perspective | If Trump did ‘declassify’ records (he didn’t), it would be no less damning 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Harry Truman, president for less than a year when the war ended, was charged with addressing all of these concerns and giving the American people a “fair deal.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Bess Truman, the wife of President Harry Truman, is the only first lady to have outlived Rosalynn Carter, according to The National First Ladies Library. Rosalynn Carter marking 95th birthday with butterflies 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Harry Truman famously said that it’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job and a depression when you lose yours. Why you should ignore the ‘official recession’ debate 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z “Stalin would play a much more important role in the process that led the Jews to declare and defend their independence than anything Harry Truman did,” Mead writes. Review | The real history of the U.S.-Israel relationship 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z McCarthy won his Senate seat in the 1946 midterms amid a backlash against President Harry Truman, who was struggling to control the soaring price of meat as the country adjusted to a peacetime economy. Why Wisconsin Is the Most Fascinating State in American Politics 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Unlike many earlier presidents, such as Harry Truman, Eisenhower was largely nonpartisan and consistently sought a middle ground between liberalism and conservatism. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “His real interest is less policy and politics than Harry Truman himself,” historian Alan Brinkley wrote in the New York Times. David McCullough, master chronicler of American history, dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z He had considered a biography of Franklin Roosevelt, but instead related to Roosevelt’s less dynamic, more forthright successor, Harry Truman. David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The American military services were not desegregated until after President Harry Truman’s order in 1948. A first: African American Marine promoted to 4-star general 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Alben Barkley lived here while serving as Harry Truman’s vice president. Co-op apartment at 2101 Connecticut for sale for $2 million 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z On assuming the office of president upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman was already troubled by Soviet actions in Europe. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Harry Truman shook hands with Joseph Stalin, Richard Nixon with Mao Zedong — and both of those dictators had far more blood on their hands than MBS. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z As Dean Acheson, secretary of state under President Harry Truman, put it, “Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.” Review | Why Britain welcomes international bad guys — and their money 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest decoration, later that year. Congress salutes last WWII Medal of Honor recipient 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Later that year, the 22-year-old Williams received the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman. WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie in state at US Capitol 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman attempted to extend Roosevelt’s New Deal with his own Fair Deal, which had the goal of improving wages, housing, and healthcare, and protecting the rights of African Americans. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Later that year, at age 22, Williams received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for military valor, from President Harry Truman at the White House. Hershel 'Woody' Williams, last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, dies at 98 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor in October 1945. Last World War II Medal of Honor recipient dies 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Later that year, at age 22, Williams received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for military valor, from President Harry Truman at the White House. Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z A projected loss in traditionally red Arizona — which a Democratic presidential candidate had won only once since Harry Truman — coming from a presumably loyal outlet, augured a bad night. Jan. 6 Hearings Focus on Fox News Call That Made Trump’s Loss Clear 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The Defense Production Act, signed by President Harry Truman during the Cold War, allows the president to use emergency authority to prioritize the development of materials deemed necessary for national security. Biden will trigger DPA, waive tariffs for two years on solar panels to boost productions 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Harry Truman famously said, "The buck stops here." Joe Biden is finding out that "better than Trump" is not nearly good enough 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z "I guess loneliness is what being the president means ... You know, former U.S. President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that says 'The buck stops here'." South Korea's new president carves his own route to the top 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z But Mr. Clyburn, the most senior Black lawmaker in Congress, said presidential actions had brought sweeping changes before, including Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and Harry Truman’s order banning segregation in the military. The Biden Student Debt Question: Will He or Won’t He? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Every American president since Harry Truman has tried to squeeze the North Koreans with crushing sanctions; today, their nuclear arsenal is bigger than ever. Behind Austin’s Call for a ‘Weakened’ Russia, Hints of a Shift 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman called the bomb “destructive beyond anything we have ever had. … So we have got to treat this differently from rifles and cannon and ordinary things like that.” It doesn’t take a madman to start a nuclear war 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z A year later, President Harry Truman issued an executive order. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt’s successor, Harry Truman, received the news of the Nazi surrender. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, President Harry Truman’s dramatic recognition of Israel, within minutes of its creation in 1948, helped that new state to survive among its hostile Arab neighbors. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And amazingly, no country has used nuclear weapons since 1945, when President Harry Truman dropped bombs on Japan in the belief that it was the surest way to end World War II quickly. Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the West 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Harry Truman, long admired for his ordinary-retired-dude-on-Medicare persona, is now alleged to have lied about his finances to squeeze more money out of the government. Column: How the White House became a path to obscene riches for ex-presidents 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The candidate I'm talking about is Adlai Stevenson, a leading American liberal of the mid-20th century who had served in various government positions under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Adlai Stevenson and the H-bomb: When a losing candidate mattered 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Here, a U.S. soldier named Harry Truman, who would go on to become president, recalls the day the fighting stopped. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To avert a strike, President Harry Truman, acting as commander in chief, ordered the Secretary of Commerce to seize and operate several steel mills. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z When she ascended the throne, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong and Harry Truman were running the Soviet Union, China and the United States, respectively, while Winston Churchill was British prime minister. Queen Elizabeth quietly marks 70 years on the British throne 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “Harry Truman was thought to be a goner, he had no support and he was way down in the polls,” Mr. Sanders said. Biden retreats from Congress with dealmaker reputation in tatters 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Racist attitudes and discrimination against people of color in the military were official policies before President Harry Truman, on July 26, 1948, signed Executive Order 9981, which officially desegregated the armed forces. Decades of DOD efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z This pushed President Harry Truman to sign the National Mental Health Act of 1946, creating funding for the National Institute of Mental Health to study psychiatric and behavioral disorders. How did we get here? A brief history of mental health care in Washington 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Harry Truman, who became President following Franklin Roosevelt’s sudden death in April 1945, had been kept in the dark about the American project to build an atomic bomb. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The 2019 White House Christmas ornament is one of those that depicts the White House, specifically the south side, to honor President Harry Truman. White House group’s annual Christmas ornament honors LBJ 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Only one president — Harry Truman — has lost Congress and retaken it later. Why Democrats May Have a Long Wait if They Lose Their Grip on Washington 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z When announcing the destruction of Hiroshima, President Harry Truman described the atomic bomb as “a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed.” Review | Experimenting with hydrogen bombs, the U.S. blew lives apart 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z And the complicated: Harry Truman died when Clifton Truman Daniel was 15, and their relationship was not that different from any other grandfather and grandson. When Truman is your grandpa: The complicated lives of presidential descendants 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z On President Roosevelt’s death, Harry Truman was forced to step into the presidency with little preparation for handling the grave issues confronting the nation at that time. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt's successor, Harry Truman, was hesitant to make all his records fully public property, but he also was appalled to find out how many predecessors' records had been intentionally destroyed. Post-Watergate laws and executive orders may not let Trump keep his papers away from investigators 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all saw their ratings sink as low as Mr. Biden’s are today, before ultimately recovering to win re-election. The Pessimistic Electorate Behind Biden’s Approval Ratings 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z “We saw this in the 2020 general election when, in the middle of a global health pandemic, we had the highest voter turnout in California since Harry Truman was president.” California becomes 8th U.S. state to make universal mail-in ballots permanent 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “Harry Truman supposedly said, ‘If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog,’” Mr. Cheney said. Donald Rumsfeld, Architect of War in Afghanistan, Is Laid to Rest 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Franklin Roosevelt’s Brain Trust of the 1930s and Harry Truman’s Cronies in the late 1940s were in the same mold. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Not exactly Harry Truman,” Graham later wrote on Twitter in response to a speech by Biden. Republicans cast aside tensions within the party over Afghanistan to attack Biden’s handling of troop withdrawal 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z “Barack Obama is using his Presidency to cash in, but Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter refused,” was the headline on an article on this theme by Zaid Jilani in the Intercept. Column: Trump will get millions in post-presidential benefits, thanks to Harry Truman's lies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Amount President Harry Truman temporarily raised top tax rates to pay for Korean War: 92%. The cost of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Although Pearson was denounced as a liar by numerous politicians — including Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, whose policies he generally supported — “The Columnist” shows his uncanny knack for getting stories right. Review | A top columnist who exposed corruption — and sometimes betrayed his principles 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z At President Harry Truman’s urgent request, Congress approved a massive program of economic and military aid, and both countries remained free. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Eddie Jacobson, an Army buddy and partner of Harry Truman in a Kansas City haberdashery, helping persuade Truman to recognize the state of Israel. Opinion | Friends in High Places 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z To his credit, after consulting Campos’ New York Magazine piece Jacoby published a mea culpa in the Globe, headlined “Harry Truman conned us all.” Column: Trump will get millions in post-presidential benefits, thanks to Harry Truman's lies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z She shows me a broken children’s watch and a Harry Truman figurine. Dana Spiotta's novel of midlife female rage 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z So Harry Truman tried to stop them, somewhat effectively, in Korea. Chris Matthews on Jan. 6, the danger to democracy and what he learned from #MeToo 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z By 1949, President Harry Truman signed legislation that made it a national day. Flag Day: 5 facts to know 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Churchill and the president at the time, Harry Truman, clearly felt pretty "special" about each other back then. UK-US special relationship: A short history 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The answer brings us back to the 1950s and a string of lies Harry Truman told about his own financial situation. Column: Trump will get millions in post-presidential benefits, thanks to Harry Truman's lies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Biden’s administration may be the most overtly pro-union since Harry Truman left the Oval Office nearly 70 years ago, labor leaders and outside analysts say. Biden is 'proudly pro-union.' Can he reverse labor's long decline? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Their service officially came to an end shortly after President Harry Truman ended racial segregation in the armed forces in 1948. Colorado Army vets honor Civil War, WWII dead and a Buffalo Solider 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z There is another lesson in Harry Truman's story, namely that people who do good things for Israel are not necessarily true friends of Jews. Harry Truman, antisemitism and Israel: On the Jewish state and the Jewish vote 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Cross pointed to the end of President Harry Truman’s administration, when a weary public was glad to see him leave office. Honoring Kathleen Blanco: Former gov’s stock still rising 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z But Clyburn said Biden “thinks of himself more as LBJ than Harry Truman,” a reference to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who ushered in landmark voting and civil rights laws in the 1960s. Biden hasn’t matched condemnations of racism with similarly forceful action 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z At a March 1950 news conference, Harry Truman declared that Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the audacious canceler of communists real and imagined in U.S. government and society, was the Kremlin’s “best asset.” The ‘disturbing influence’ of presidential news conferences 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Told he could only be a steward to white officers, he wrote to the chief recruiter and was allowed to take the engineering exam just when President Harry Truman was moving to desegregate the military. Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Harry Truman was a bigot who wouldn't let Jews enter his home yet felt compassion for the millions terrorized and murdered by a fascist dictator. Harry Truman, antisemitism and Israel: On the Jewish state and the Jewish vote 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Later, in 1947, President Harry Truman created the first Commission on Higher Education, which encouraged people to pursue a college education by seeking to increase financial assistance and double college enrollment by 1960. COVID highlights college grads' regret of school choices due to high tuition costs, debt: analysis 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z On March 5, 1946, just months after World War II’s end, Churchill arrived, accompanied by President Harry Truman, a native Missourian. Virtual event to mark ‘Iron Curtain’ speech anniversary 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z No matter how ingenious Iranian statesmen may have been, Joseph Stalin would not have disgorged his gains without President Harry Truman’s muscle. Review | America and Iran, from fascination to antagonism 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Statues of Clay and McDowell are in Kentucky’s Capitol Rotunda now along with the late Alben Barkley of Paducah, who was vice president under President Harry Truman from 1949 to 1953. Effort to get statue of Black journalist in US, KY Capitols 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The route from the Capitol to the White House passes near the spots where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, James Garfield was fatally shot in 1881, and Harry Truman was attacked in 1950. What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrong 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Some presidents, like Barack Obama and George W. Bush, take office when the economy is in a downturn, while others, like Harry Truman and Donald Trump, inherit a boom. Opinion | Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In 1959, Leonard Bernstein took part in a televised celebration of Harry Truman’s 75th birthday. Commentary: Why it's time to revive Leonard Bernstein's long-dismissed, race-conscious White House musical 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z But former President Harry Truman proclaimed “the buck stops here.” LeVine in D.C. Disappointing choice 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman saw his attempt to seize steel production facilities in the midst of the Korean War thwarted by the U.S. EXPLAINER: Executive orders can be swift but fleeting 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The law was enacted to provide financial relief to former President Harry Truman, who left office in 1953 facing debts from unsuccessful business ventures that predated his time in office. Explainer: Why Trump's post-presidency perks, like a pension and office, are safe for the rest of his life 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z On the table to the right is a bust of the former president Harry Truman, Roosevelt’s successor and another one-time vice-president who made it to the top job. Joe Biden's Oval Office: what changes has the new president made? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Busts of civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are also on display, along with a sculpture of President Harry Truman. Cesar Chavez’s son happy dad’s bust is in Biden Oval Office 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman even made a stop here while riding a commuter rail car through town in 1948. Volunteers seek to honor service members, preserve history 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Mayor William O’Dwyer called for universal vaccination and received one himself, as did President Harry Truman, who traveled to the city for the purpose. Column: Should you be surprised that Trump's rollout of the COVID vaccine is a fiasco? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “I sit here in this Congress because of an executive order, the Emancipation Proclamation. Harry Truman used an executive order to integrate the armed services,” Mr. Clyburn said. Student Loan Cancellation Sets Up Clash Between Biden and the Left 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman formally desegregated the U.S. military in 1948, but it took years for that edict to become a reality. Biden launches tricky sales pitch on his defense secretary pick 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z As a birthday present for Harry Truman, a bowling alley was built in 1947 where the Situation Room is now situated near the West Wing. In pictures: How presidents and first wives stamp their mark on the White House 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Getting to your next question about what can Biden learn from Truman, Harry Truman in 1947 was facing a Republican Congress, the first time Republicans had been in power since Herbert Hoover. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z “The thing about Harry Truman is after he became president, he wasn’t just acting on impulse,” he says. 'He understands Washington': Joe Scarborough finds echoes of Truman in Biden 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The NSC has played a powerful foreign policy role since it was created in 1947 under President Harry Truman. Biden to name Kerry as U.S. climate czar, emphasizing diplomacy's role in the fight 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The GSA, formed under President Harry Truman to centralize the overhead function of the government, oversees federal office space and public buildings and buys supplies for federal agencies. As Democrats fume, the Trump appointee who can start the Biden transition is in no hurry 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z They continued to overestimate the Republican vote share, reporting throughout the campaign that President Harry Truman trailed his Republican opponent, Thomas Dewey. ‘A black eye’: Why political polling missed the mark. Again. 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z In 1948, nobody expected Harry Truman to integrate the armed forces. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z In the early 1960s, Harry Truman did a series of interview programs analyzing his presidency. Why 'Trump TV' probably won't be the president's media play after the White House 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Before that, the last time Arizona selected a Democrat for president was in 1948 with Harry Truman. Trump battles Biden for Arizona’s 11 electoral votes 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Leslie Coffelt was killed in front of Blair House 70 years ago while defending President Harry Truman from an armed attack. Secret Service honors officer who died protecting president 70 years ago 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Arizona has not voted for a Democratic candidate for president since Bill Clinton won in 1996, which made him the first Democrat to win the state since Harry Truman. Long a Republican Stronghold, Arizona Edges Toward Flipping Blue 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z So Harry Truman was blindsided by the fact that the United States was developing the atomic bomb. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z The new president, Harry Truman, “feared — and rightly” that if he tried to loosen the rigid quotas, the effort would backfire and provoke even “more restrictive legislation.” Review | They survived World War II — but were left stranded in Germany 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z In 1948, pollsters confidently — but wrongly — predicted Thomas E. Dewey would easily unseat President Harry Truman. Why Americans are so enamored with election polls 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z In 1948, students voted for Republican Thomas Dewey over incumbent Harry Truman. Biden wins big in national mock election among K-12 students 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z An anxious mood pervaded the Harry Truman Building in Foggy Bottom soon after Trump took office and issued an executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. How Trump waged war on his own government 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z You mentioned Harry Truman and the atomic bomb. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z But at the height of her success, Smith performed with Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb, as well as at the second inauguration for the 33rd president, Harry Truman, in 1949. Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Upon assuming the presidency in 1945 after President Franklin Roosevelt's death, Harry Truman requested Congress to amend the 1886 Succession Act to provide greater clarification of succession protocol. Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “I was grabbing you by the lapels and said, ‘You’re the Harry Truman of our time. Biden harnesses history to describe urgency of 2020 campaign 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Even after the war, Harry Truman’s first instinct was to return to the earlier status quo; he shut down the Office of Strategic Services, the country’s fledgling intelligence/clandestine-operations agency, as soon as he could. Review | The rise of the CIA and the decline of America’s moral standing 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But for Truman, and this really was characteristic of Harry Truman, he weighed the options, he made the tough decision, and then he went to sleep peacefully. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the third one in the nation’s history, was enacted at the insistence of President Harry Truman. Perspective | The plan for governing if multiple leaders are incapacitated: There isn’t one. 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z That would shatter the old record for a quarterly GDP increase, a 16.7% surge in the first quarter of 1950 when Harry Truman was president. Economy plunges 31.4% in spring but big rebound expected 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Harry Truman lived at the time in a rented apartment on Connecticut Avenue and always paid his newspaper bill in person. Opinion | The enduring legacy of Woodrow Wilson High School 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Biden only needs to point to Harry Truman, the first president to personally and publicly commit himself and the federal government to civil rights and the president who desegregated the armed forces. Opinion | Trump loves low blows, but voters want a clean debate. Biden shouldn’t take the bait. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z With Joe Biden, like Harry Truman, like LBJ, you had people who knew the Senate, who knew how to make Washington work. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman opted not to lie in state because he “hated those big ceremonies,” said Steve Livengood, director for public programs and chief guide at the U.S. Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state on Friday. Here’s what that means. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Wilson created the nation’s first propaganda agency to drum up support for World War I. Harry Truman described Hiroshima as a military base, even though 90 percent of those killed in the bombing were civilians. Review | Trump is hardly the first serial liar in the White House. But his deceptions are different. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Since then the Americans had cautiously begun the occupation of Japan, with Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur appointed by President Harry Truman as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. How the Army and the media broke up a Japanese war criminal’s suicide attempt 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z When President Harry Truman read the report, he ordered Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to inspect displaced persons camps. For Some Holocaust Survivors, Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Favorite sons and daughters little known outside their borders also made the cut - a National Rifle Association president, Harry Truman’s vice president, air conditioner inventor Willis Carrier. George Floyd? Donald Trump? Hero statue nominations are in 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Favorite sons and daughters little known outside their borders also made the cut — a National Rifle Association president, Harry Truman’s vice president, air conditioner inventor Willis Carrier. George Floyd? Donald Trump? Hero statue nominations are in 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman and singer Frank Sinatra were among those that graced the auditorium’s stage. Demolition of historic Indiana auditorium underway 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z "The party of Harry Truman became the party of hedge fund managers, Hollywood celebrities, tech moguls and academia — bloated with contempt for middle America." GOP candidate Sean Parnell slams Biden, Dems over 'contempt for middle America' 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Clifton Truman Daniel, the grandson of Harry Truman, the president who ordered the bombings of Japan, is one of those people working for peace. My dad, my neighbor (a 90-year-old Hiroshima survivor) and the atomic bomb 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The televised convention culminated in a seven-hour marathon session the night that President Harry Truman was both nominated and gave an acceptance speech. Sweat, steak, five o’clock shadows: How TV transformed political conventions in 1948 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z In political terms, Wallace rather disappeared into the fringes of the Democratic Party after it replaced him on the presidential ticket in 1944 with the more pacific Harry Truman. Column: How FDR's vice president warned against the fascism of Trump 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z It is 75 years since Harry Truman dropped nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities, ending the second world war but launching a perilous new age. First Thing: the Manhattan DA is going after Trump's tax returns 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z It was President Harry Truman’s 1948 integration of the armed forces that spurred Virginia’s leaders to create it. Perspective | The lies our textbooks told my generation of Virginians about slavery 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z At this point in 1948, Harry Truman was mounting a comeback. How does Trump stack up 100 days out? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z McCarthy — dismissed by President Harry Truman as a “ballyhoo” artist and by President Dwight Eisenhower as a “monster” — is often remembered as a kind of caricature. Perspective | Five myths about McCarthyism 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In 1994, President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman. Today in History 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z He added some advice to the presumptive nominee: “I like to always think of Harry Truman's famous comment, ‘I think Republican and vote Democratic.’” Wall Street braces for 2 faces of a President Biden: Progressive champ or middle-of-road moderate? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z But in a 56-page brief Mr. Eboe-Osuji included with his presentation Monday, he argued it was U.S. leaders such as Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman who built the international order from which the ICC sprung. International Criminal Court president still hopes to mend broken ties with U.S. 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The document has been provided to presidents in some form since Harry Truman occupied the White House. Only verified intelligence? A look at presidents’ briefings 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z There are those who point to President Harry Truman, a Democrat who experienced the same thing in June 1948. Trump could repeat Truman’s 1948 victory 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Scher delves into U.S. history, noting some examples of presidential candidates who were looking bad in polls but were victorious in the end — for example, President Harry Truman in 1948. No incumbent has ever won re-election after being in "as big a hole" as Trump: analysis 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z As some of our accidental presidents, like Calvin Coolidge and Harry Truman, reveal, you never know where you’ll find a great leader. Power Rankings: Iowa swings for the fences 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z This month, Wallace published his first book, “Countdown 1945,” a chronicle of the 116 days in which Harry Truman ascended to the presidency and decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. Chris Wallace, Insider and Outlier at Fox News 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z In the 75 years since President Harry Truman ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on two Japanese cities, American attitudes toward that decision have gradually shifted. Review | Stories of those who built the bomb, those who used it and those who survived it 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z When the war in Europe ended, he was certain he would be shipped off to the Pacific, until President Harry Truman dropped two atomic bombs and the war in Asia ended as well. Review | How a stubborn ex-federal employee launched the gay rights movement 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z "Similar to Trump today, Harry Truman was down 11 percentage points in June and July 1948, according to Gallup," Scher explains. No incumbent has ever won re-election after being in "as big a hole" as Trump: analysis 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Something not mentioned was that the U.S. armed forces were segregated until President Harry Truman ended it in 1948. Readers on Spike Lee, Ivanka Trump, Confederate statues, racism and white complicity 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z It is of note that some historians cite Harry Truman’s surprise reelection victory in 1948 to his decision to tour the American countryside aboard the Ferdinand Magellan for four months. Trump needs a whistlestop train tour 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z But it is hard to disagree with their conclusion that “it is unrealistic to think Harry Truman would make any other choice.” Review | Stories of those who built the bomb, those who used it and those who survived it 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z On Aug. 6, 1945, under orders from President Harry Truman, the United States military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace on decision that ended World War II and changed the world 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z “What I hold today will also apply to a future Senator McCarthy asking a future Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman,” Justice Breyer said. Supreme Court Hints at Split Decision in Two Cases on Obtaining Trump’s Financial Records 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z He was awarded medals by two presidents, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan, as well as by Britain’s King George VI. He helped develop radar equipment that proved crucial in World War II. Trump says he shares his famed uncle’s science genius. A friend says the uncle ‘would have been horrified.’ 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Local law enforcement did a shoddy job of investigation, so President Harry Truman sent in the FBI. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Lincoln’s presidency began with the start of a war; Harry Truman’s began with the end of one. Review | Three books remind us what presidential leadership looks like 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Harry Truman to look at defense spending during World War II. As $2 trillion starts to flow, oversight of virus cash lags 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The wartime president Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that said: “The buck stops here.” Covid-19 from the West Wing: 'History's verdict will be unforgiving' 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z In the late 1940s, Harry Truman put former President Herbert Hoover in charge of a commission charged with streamlining the executive branch of government. Trump feels no need for crisis counsel from predecessors 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Then Harry Truman wanted to abolish the corps, which he dismissed as “the Navy’s police force.” Opinion | It’s anchors aweigh for tomorrow’s Marines 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Harry Truman never bothered to ask Congress for a war declaration against Korea. Opinion | What Trump can learn from real wartime presidents 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z I believe Harry Truman would agree, but there may be other presidents who would not.” Of sad news and silver linings 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Harry Truman in 1941 to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in defense spending in the early days of World War II. Pelosi creates new House committee with subpoena power for coronavirus oversight 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “I keep thinking of Harry Truman and how he always said, ‘The buck stops here.’ AP-NORC poll: Less than half back Trump’s pandemic response 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “It’s no surprise Trump would introduce the MyPillow guy at a presidential briefing – it’s a tradition going back to Harry Truman announcing victory in the Pacific with Chef Boyardee,” Colbert deadpanned. Trevor Noah: not all leaders 'deserve the title' amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But as Harry Truman said, the buck stops at the president’s desk. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The wartime president Harry Truman used to keep a sign on his desk that said: “The buck stops here.” 'I don't take responsibility': Trump shakes hands and spreads blame over coronavirus 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z As a political activist, Day denounced America’s entry into World War II, as well as President Harry Truman’s nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as America’s “mortal sin.” Review | The courage and compassion of Catholic activist Dorothy Day 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Leche resigned from office and served time in federal prison for corruption before being pardoned by President Harry Truman. Tulane University removes 'Victory Bell' after learning of its slavery ties 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z When Harry Truman left office in 1953, he moved back here to his Kansas City-area hometown with the lowest poll numbers in recorded history. Truman and Coolidge go up, Jefferson and Jackson go down. How history remembers presidents 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Harry Truman and James Harding are all Baptists, the next largest group with four, tied with Unitarians. From Washington to Trump, most presidents have been Christian 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Roosevelt died of a massive brain haemorrhage in April, and was replaced by Harry Truman. How a seaside summit reshaped the world 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The speech became known as the State of the Union address in 1947, when it was delivered by President Harry Truman. What is the history of the State of the Union? 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “What’s more I have just written a book, out in June, on Harry Truman and the atom bomb. So I am feeling a strong connection to Missouri these days.” Fox News personalities' Super Bowl LIV picks: Who's rooting for the Chiefs, 49ers and ... the Patriots? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Harry Truman is reported to have said that he preferred one-handed economists, because he didn’t like hearing “on the other hand”. The dangers of fringe economics in government 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Trump is the least popular US president since at least Harry Truman. Rally round the flag: do wars boost presidential popularity? | Mona Chalabi 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z That’s more acres burned in Australia than any one year in the U.S. since Harry Truman was president. Australia bracing for worst as wind, warmth fan raging fires 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Supporters also suggested that race factored in the punishment of Mayes, who was black and serving less than a decade after President Harry Truman issued an executive order to desegregate the military. 11,000 NY veterans got military honors at burials this year 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z William McKinley’s 1896 election victory didn’t seem to win his name any new adherents, nor did Harry Truman’s ascension to the White House in 1945. George, Barack or Donald? Partisan division casts a shadow on baby naming 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Presidents since Harry Truman have started wars without congressional authorization , for example, so Trump’s relatively minor actions in this regard would fit comfortably in the what-about-ism wheelhouse. Impeachment in an alternate universe: Will Ralph Nader's "missing" charges haunt America's future? 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z As a result, successive administrations have seen an increase in the ranks of White House staff and added bureaucracies such as the National Security Council, established under President Harry Truman in 1947. Ken Starr: Trump's impeachment 'a very ugly chapter in our constitutional history' 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z The two most conspicuous examples of this are Harry Truman and Richard Nixon, a Democrat and Republican respectively. Is Donald Trump a supporter of Israel? Sure — he's also an anti-Semite 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z US President Harry Truman only announced their existence after the first bomb was dropped. In Nagasaki, Pope urges abolition of nuclear bombs 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z In 1948, President Harry Truman signed an order desegregating the armed forces. Azellia White, trailblazer for African American women in aviation, dies at 106 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z "That's why people are always looking for a one-armed economist," she jokes, quoting former US President Harry Truman's reputed comment. 'Why economists get things wrong' 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z After securing assurance from president Harry Truman and the U.S. Twin brothers stick together through service 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Taylor agreed to be Henry Wallace’s running mate in 1948 when he challenged Harry Truman from the left. Analysis | The Daily 202: Sherrod Brown’s 11-year passion project yields a modern-day ‘Profiles in Courage’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z That’s different from the “social insurance” - or shared responsibility - approach taken by Democratic presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Lyndon Baines Johnson. Warren health plan departs from US ‘social insurance’ idea 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z When Harry Truman left the presidency, he was considered terrible, 15% approval ratings. 'I guess that's revealing': David Rubenstein on Trump and the weight of history 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z As President Harry Truman's secretary of state and then secretary of defense, Marshall came under relentless attack by McCarthy and his accomplices. Republicans smear a military combat veteran — because that's just what they do 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He told them that a racer had once been Harry Truman’s driver. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Nowhere was it ever even hinted that Medicare for All was the original vision underlying Medicare, introduced by Harry Truman in November 1945. Beyond those dumb debates: To win, Democrats must reframe the discussion about America's future 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z President Franklin Roosevelt established internment camps during World War II. President Harry Truman mandated equal treatment of all members of the armed forces through executive orders. Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z A dozen years ago, President George W. Bush memorably attacked Democrats who wanted to pull out of Iraq: “The party of FDR, the party of Harry Truman, has become the party of cut and run.” Opinion | Democrats flip the script on a cut-and-run president 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The closest analogue may date to 1950, during Harry Truman’s administration, when Secretary of State Dean Acheson described America’s new “defense perimeter” in a speech, saying it ran from southern Japan through the Philippines. Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast. 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s all documented in a book by Matthew Algeo, “Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure.” When the Drive Matters More Than the Destination 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The National Security Council has played a powerful foreign policy role over the decades since it was created in 1947 under President Harry Truman. Exclusive: Trump's new national security adviser plans to return NSC to traditional coordinating role 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He was fined $2,500 in 1948 with no jail time, and was awarded the presidential medal for merit that same year by President Harry Truman. Trump grants posthumous pardon to scientist crucial to U.S. during World War II 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He was spared combat by President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, provoking the Japanese surrender. Opinion | What My Father Taught Me About Race 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman initially opposed the creation of the CIA in 1945 because he feared creating an “American Gestapo,” a secret police force. Impeachment frenzy in Washington sets Trump off against the CIA 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman was laid to rest in 1972 at his presidential library in Independence, MO., and he was back in the news last month for his own low-key attempt to purchase Greenland. All 59 people name-dropped in Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire’: Where are they now? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z It grew stronger during the Cold War, when presidents from Harry Truman through George Bush believed protecting Saudi Arabia’s oil fields was essential to fighting Communism. Opinion | The End of Saudi Arabia’s Illusion 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The point is this: while President Harry Truman and his key lieutenants saw their duty was to uphold the interests of America, they conceived those interests in sufficiently expansive and enlightened terms to reconstruct Europe. Brave new world: the search for peace after the second world war 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z In 1952, when faced with a strike by the United Steelworkers, Harry Truman issued an executive order for the secretary of commerce to seize the nation’s steel mills to ensure the continued production of steel. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Denmark has rejected that idea, but Mr. Trump is not the first president to attempt the purchase; Harry Truman tried in 1946, but Denmark wasn’t interested then, either. Greenland Aside, Buying Foreign Land Used to Be Common 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z After World War II, Denmark famously rebuffed President Harry Truman’s offer to buy Greenland for $100 million in gold. Denmark has been and important U.S. ally 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “Harry Truman wanted it, and there are very few things Harry Truman wanted that I do not also want.” The Emperor’s New Island, a tale of Trump buying Greenland - The Washington Post 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Another was the infuriating experience of Macario Garcia, who was the first Medal of Honor recipient of Mexican descent, with President Harry Truman personally commending him. Texas has a long history of anti-Mexican racism. My family lived it 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Harry Truman, then in his fourth year of pressing for a national health insurance system, parried criticism of his approach in terms that a single-payer health care advocate might use in 2019. 2020 Dems’ health care battle is decades in the making 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z No chief executive has deployed this gambit since President Harry Truman. El Paso, Dayton could define August -- a historically pivotal political month 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Huffman grew up in Independence, Missouri, the former home of Harry Truman. ‘I prefer non-religious’: why so few US politicians come out as atheists 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Sawyer, the 1952 ruling that declared unlawful President Harry Truman’s decision, during the Korean War, to seize steel mills in the name of the national interest. A Green Light on the Border Wall as Trump’s Supreme Court Victories Mount 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z After all, Democratic presidents since Harry Truman wanted to do health care reform, and Obama got it done. Forget Trump: Why many Dems are throwing Obama's record at Biden 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Soviet leader Joseph Stalin knew about Trinity before the newly sworn-in US president, Harry Truman, did. The scientist-spy who spilt secrets of the bomb 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Will Daniel is a grandson of President Harry Truman and a son of Clifton Daniel, the managing editor of the New York Times. Review | An unsettling portrait of four privileged classmates who met untimely deaths 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z “I think the state of play today of our politics today is such that people on the right and the left side like Harry Truman,” he said. Truman Institute launches big-time upgrade for small-town presidential library 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Asked whether the president was ultimately accountable, Grassley referenced a phrase displayed on the desk of President Harry Truman. Trump escapes blame for ethanol policy hurting corn farmers 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Harry Truman was the last president to speak before a large crowd on the Washington Monument - in 1951. Trump set for 4th of July 'show of a lifetime' 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z The last time a U.S. president spoke during celebrations in the capital was in 1951 when Harry Truman celebrated the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Love of country? Or a political stunt? Trump holiday speech divides... 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z The U.S. was at war in Korea when Harry Truman addressed a large gathering on the Washington Monument grounds, marking the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Washington’s Fourth of July to come with a twist of Trump 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “We will never have another president like Harry Truman again in terms of a bootstraps guy who came up and kind of made his way,” said Mr. Graham. Truman Institute launches big-time upgrade for small-town presidential library 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z There was praise for the programs of Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Two Paths for the American Left 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Sanders, quoting Harry Truman, argued that every progressive who advances “bold” ideas has been attacked as a “socialist” and slurred as a communist sympathizer. Sanders lays out his vision for America: finish what Franklin Roosevelt started 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z In 1946, President Harry Truman issued an ultimatum to Joseph Stalin that forced the Soviet Union to end its occupation of Iran after the Second World War. Does Trump Have an Off-Ramp on Iran? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z "Pretty much every president since Harry Truman has instructed his subordinates to ignore congressional subpoenas and the courts have backed them up every single time," he said. Nadler knows he'd be 'completely humiliated' if he challenged McGahn's refusal to testify: Rep. McClintock 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z As Antle emphasizes, “the buck does ultimately stop with the president, as Harry Truman said.” Guess who doesn't want war with Iran? Trump supporters | Ted Galen Carpenter 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Historians say the government initially planned to discharge the black Marines after World War II. But in 1948, President Harry Truman issued an order fully desegregating the U.S. armed forces. A separate war: Pioneering black Marines endured, prevailed 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Barr told the group the situation they faced most closely resembled the Korean War, when President Harry Truman committed troops without a congressional resolution. How William Barr, now serving as a powerful ally for Trump, has championed presidential powers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The office of St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell was closed Wednesday for a state holiday honoring the birth of President Harry Truman, a native Missourian. Missouri child welfare agency head charged with endangerment 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Members of the families of Churchill and President Harry Truman were among the hundreds of people attending weekend activities at America’s National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton. Letter from Prince Charles marks anniversary of museum 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z But he also spent time in presidential libraries, for example in Hyde Park, New York, “sitting down with letters between Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Truman”. 'Transfers of power': Jared Cohen on Accidental Presidents and Trump 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Chosen in the good-enough-to-balance-the-ticket way that Vice-Presidents so often were, right up through Harry Truman, Johnson was openly racist, poorly educated, and bad-tempered. How the South Won the Civil War 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Navy aircraft carrier—USS Harry Truman-- launched aircraft north of the Arctic Circle for the first time in 30 years. US nuclear-capable bombers fly training mission near Russia 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z While it was underway, two made their way to Washington to try to kill Harry Truman. Perspective | Trump neglects and demeans U.S. territories. It’s an American tradition. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Then, on President Harry Truman's orders, he was called to serve in the Army and was deployed to Korea, where served through Nov. 1, 1953. Korean War veteran, 86, hoping to recover Purple Heart before losing his vision 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Meeting Harry Truman, he said, “Mr. President, I feel I have blood on my hands.” Peace techies vs. the Pentagon: Idealism will only go so far 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Barack Obama was the first American president to use an autopen to sign legislation, though presidents since Harry Truman have used them for correspondence. Chinese Girl Finds a Way Out of Tedious Homework: Make a Robot Do It 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Medicare-for-all, another policy being floated by Democratic presidential candidates, traces its origins to such commies as Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Richard Nixon. Socialism is gaining in popularity, and today’s capitalism is to blame 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z He also compared Obama and his executive order to Harry Truman’s unconstitutional seizure of America’s steel mills during the Korean war. Trump's emergency declaration is unconstitutional – ask his lawyers | Lloyd Green 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman tried to nationalize the steel industry in the 1950s amid tensions brought by the Korean War; he was rebuked by the Supreme Court. Shutdown averted: President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired for parts of the government 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z He has called himself a Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat who became convinced that Harry Truman and other future presidents were pawns of the British, whose power dated back to the Roman Empire. Lyndon LaRouche’s conspiracy mindset lives on 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z He has called himself a Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat who became convinced that Harry Truman and other future presidents were pawns of the British, whose power dated back to the Roman Empire. Lyndon LaRouche’s conspiracy mindset lives on 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Capitol with one of former President Harry Truman. Missouri tries again to replace Benton statue with Truman 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Civil rights activists used Woodard’s blinding to push President Harry Truman to embark on his unprecedentedly frank speeches and actions in favor of black equality. Review | The lasting legacy of a brutal racial beating in 1946 South Carolina 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter all delivered written addresses for various reasons. Donald Trump's SOTU fiasco: Historians say it's unprecedented 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter issued their final messages in print. Ending showdown with Pelosi, Trump postpones State of Union 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But that provision hasn't been utilized since 1947 and 1948, when President Harry Truman explored this option twice, and "convening" does not necessarily mean Trump would be allowed to speak. Hoyer says 'sure' when asked if Trump can deliver SOTU, despite Pelosi's objections 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z When Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower left office, few people viewed them as memorable chief executives. Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon took office, and for him it was a time of hope, civility and optimism 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Rumours about why the plane came down were fuelled by no less a figure than former US president Harry Truman. Man accused of shooting down UN chief: ‘Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to…’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The courts did not allow President Harry Truman to nationalize the U.S. steel industry during the Korean War. GOP rejected Obama’s executive reach, but accepts Trump’s 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z McWhorter then looks back to the writings of former President Harry Truman, who was the last American president to not have a college degree. Ivy League linguistics professor diagnoses the frequent misspellings in Donald Trump's tweets 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman tried to federalize the steel industry during the Korean War. Democrats and many Republicans will explode if Trump bypasses Congress with emergency order 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court stopped President Harry Truman from using national emergency powers to nationalize the steel industry, but Fugate said he worries that won’t happen if Trump declares a national emergency to bypass Congress. Former FEMA boss says border situation is not an emergency 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court stopped President Harry Truman from using national emergency powers to nationalize the steel industry, but Fugate said he worries that won’t happen if Trump declares a national emergency to bypass Congress. Former FEMA boss says border situation is not an emergency 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Eventually the Supreme Court did intervene, telling Roosevelt’s successor Harry Truman that no, he could not nationalize the steel industry because of some murky combination of the Soviet Union and labor disputes. Yes, Trump can declare an emergency 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Harry Truman, the last president to lack a college degree, said, “The only new thing in the world is the history you don’t know.” In our new post-truth era, the way we view reality is more important than ever 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z If anything, Democrats need Pennsylvania in a worse way: Harry Truman in 1948 was the last Democrat to lose Pennsylvania and win the White House. Bruised GOP considers Trump’s Pennsylvania chances in 2020 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Although you still have a fantastic collection of Harry Truman memorabilia, if you could call it that. Before She Leaves the Senate, Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z “Harry Truman leaned heavily on Herbert Hoover. It’s endless.” Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump an outlier 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Dewey’s Democratic opponent, Harry Truman, carried Texas by a forty-point margin. Why George H. W. Bush Seemed Happier in Government than in Politics 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z All the world becomes a stage and Harry Truman, the Everyman President, just another player. Review: Harry S. Truman at the center of this wonderfully weird, strangely poignant art show 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Asked who should be held responsible for the economy — and reminded that former president Harry Truman kept a sign at his desk that read, “The buck stops here” — Trump shirked personal responsibility. Trump’s rules of engagement: Boasting, spinning and running out the clock 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Imagine what it took for Harry Truman to integrate the armed services. Before She Leaves the Senate, Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Moe Berg was the first, recognized by President Harry Truman for his “exceptionally meritorious service” as a spy in Europe during World War II. Berg declined the award, but his family accepted it posthumously. As Babe Ruth is finally awarded Medal of Freedom, family and fans wonder, ‘What the heck took so long?’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Harry Truman lost 82 seats in his two midterms and Dwight Eisenhower 66. The truth about midterm elections: What they mean and why 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z “The dictators of the world,” Harry Truman wrote, “say if you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it.” 5 ways to honor Lincoln’s words and heed our ‘better angels’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Campaign records show it gets most of its money from two Democratic Party committees, including the Harry Truman Fund. Democrats outspending GOP in quest to boost numbers at the Washington Legislature 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z I mean, if everybody could be more like Harry Truman was. Before She Leaves the Senate, Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z I always felt that the most successful politicians would take an adage from what Harry Truman said about himself. Anthony Scaramucci thinks he would have stopped Donald Trump’s attacks on the press 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z In her first year in the Senate, she modelled herself on Missouri’s most successful Democratic politician, Harry Truman, by getting appointed to the Armed Services Committee and holding hearings on fraud by military contractors. Claire McCaskill’s Toughest Fight 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “We want you to feel unhampered tactically and strategically,” Defense Secretary George Marshall told the general in a cable approved by President Harry Truman. Review | MacArthur’s narcissistic failures on the battlefield of the Korean War 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It would mean he had outperformed Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman, all of whom suffered drubbings in the first midterm election of their presidency. Opinion | What if the Republicans Win Everything Again? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He became the first president since Harry Truman to visit the area when he attended an August fundraiser for Tenney in Utica. A Trump stalwart softens her tone in pivotal US House race 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Democrat: Scott Wallace is the grandson of Vice President Henry Wallace, a liberal icon who served under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Fox News Power Rankings: Beating the odds 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z This places Trump, politically, at a low point roughly comparable to that which faced President Harry Truman after he initially took office. Trump’s approval rating is slightly better, but Democrats still favored to retake House 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The lynching captured national attention, and President Harry Truman sent the FBI to rural Walton County. Historian seeks grand jury transcripts in notorious lynching 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z She then made history when she received White House press credentials in 1947 and became part of the White House traveling press corps covering President Harry Truman’s re-election campaign in 1948. First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Harry Truman set up a national system enabling the president to quickly notify the public of an impending national security threat via a cross-country relay chain of AM radio stations. How Will Trump's Emergency Text Alerts Work? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In Obama’s final two years, 18 of his district nominees and just one of his appellate court nominees were confirmed — the lowest number since Harry Truman was president. How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z “I am a great admirer of Harry Truman. He’s my favorite president, and I really try to emulate him,” says Carter, who writes his books in a converted garage in his house. The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and with the backing of President Harry Truman, U.N. forces occupied all of North Korea and marched north to the Chinese border. Review | How the Korean War set the stage for permanent crisis in northeastern Asia 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z In fact, the most spectacular economic growth since World War II occurred nearly 70 years ago, when Harry Truman was president. The Economy Grew Even Faster in Truman’s Presidency. So What? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z He “gallantly gave his life for his country,” reads the Medal of Honor citation signed by President Harry Truman and awarded posthumously to Gomez. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The Gallup organization wasn’t even founded until 70 years after Lincoln’s assassination, and the first presidential approval poll was conducted after World War II, during Harry Truman's administration. Donald Trump may be the worst liar in political history: And it’s getting worse 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z In 1948, President Harry Truman signed an executive order officially ending segregation in the military. Ceremony marks completion of memorial to black Marines 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman and was treated to a hero’s welcome in Houston. AP Explains: Immigrants in US military throughout history 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “You have to appeal to people’s best interests, not their worst ones,” said Harry Truman. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s confusion about Bush’s slogan illustrates his narrow view of the presidency 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z I say with knowledge of the man that Harry Truman would be horrified by this. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Americans entering retirement are in worse financial shape than the prior generation, for the first time since Harry Truman was president. A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Like Bush, Harry Truman left office widely scorned, largely because of the inconclusive war he left behind. Things that matter, in the words of Charles Krauthammer Harry Truman asked a similar question when faced with Soviet power in the 1940s. The order Trump holds in contempt was once America’s proudest creation | Jonathan Fenby 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z He’ll denounce Ontario or Harry Truman or the prime minister of Luxembourg. Trump will sink the economy, too 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I say with knowledge of the man that Harry Truman would be horrified by this. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z This is supposed to be legal, apparently, based on Team Trump’s interpretation of “the 68-year-old Defense Production Act, a Cold War-era statute once invoked by President Harry Truman to help the steel industry.” Trump administration weighs new plan to prop up coal industry 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman used the law to cap wages and impose price controls on the steel industry. New swamp: Lobbyist tied to Perry seeks energy firm bailout 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s true that the military was segregated prior to World War I and remained so until President Harry Truman desegregated it in 1948. South Carolina editorial roundup 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z When the wrecked world needed order, we got Harry Truman with his stoutly ordered mind. Opinion | Mueller has no room for mistakes 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Twyman, 60, also a retired teacher, remembers as a child walking up the street with Independence’s most famous resident: Harry Truman, 33rd president of the US. Independence, Missouri: Truman’s home comes to terms with Trump 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z For Frank, an invitation from President Harry Truman to join the Army in the 1950s interrupted contracting work for a while. After 70 years of fix-it, retired carpenter pens book 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Most compared it favorably with President Harry Truman’s decision to recognize Israel after it declared independence in 1948. US embassy jubilantly opens in Jerusalem as Gaza rages 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z It harkens back to the 1930s “New Deal” of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the late 1940s “Fair Deal” of Harry Truman. House GOP looks for right message after rough primaries 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Harry Truman called him the “greatest military man” ever. George Marshall won the war and rebuilt Europe, but lost China 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Army, George C. Marshall was directed by President Harry Truman to go to China to stop its Communists and Nationalists from resuming their civil war. Review | Gen. George Marshall’s impossible mission in China: Stop a civil war 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Just like Harry Truman said: "Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court, he ceases to be your friend." Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court’s Liberals to Strike Down Deportation Law 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Harry Truman had been known to feed the squirrels on the White House grounds when he was president. Perspective | In 1955, the White House waged warfare against some furry terrorists: squirrels 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z An aircraft carrier strike group, including the carrier Harry Truman as well as a guided-missile cruiser and four guided-missile destroyers, is due to leave Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday for the Middle East. As Trump considers military action on Syria, Pentagon worries it could put Russian soldiers in the crosshairs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z As early as 1952, President Harry Truman appointed a Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, whose report served as the foundation for the 1965 act. The Theory Behind That Charlottesville Slogan 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z And in Japan, President Harry Truman ordered the dropping of atomic bombs that ended the war there. Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Harry Truman, one of the most effective U.S. 5 Years Ago Luigi Di Maio Was Living at Home. Now He May Lead Italy. 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this Op-Ed misstated the name of President Harry Truman’s wife. Opinion | When the Leader of the Free World Is an Ugly American 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Trying to stay nonpartisan, he served as a personal adviser to every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Billy Graham becomes the fourth civilian to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Though he met every president since Harry Truman and counseled most, Graham grew wary of politics after Watergate. Billy Graham, wary of politics in life, gets Capitol salute 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Graham first met a president in 1950, when at the invitation of a congressman, he prayed with Harry Truman. Ex-presidents, friends, family pay respects to Billy Graham 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z In 1948 Harry Truman kept talking about how if the voters who benefited from the New Deal voted Republican, they would be the most ungrateful people in the country. Coal Country Divides Over an Unrepentant Boss’s Senate Bid 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z His first meeting with a U.S. president, Harry Truman, was a disaster. Billy Graham dies: ‘America’s Pastor,’ adviser to presidents 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z He was close to a long line of American presidents from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. Billy Graham 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Graham started meeting with presidents during the tenure of Harry Truman. Billy Graham; preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z President Harry Truman oversaw the establishment of a federal civil defence administration in the 1950s. Where might Trump go in a nuclear attack? 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1923, Calvin Coolidge delivered the first State of the Union speech carried on radio, and in 1947 Harry Truman delivered the first televised address. From silent dispatch to televised spectacle — how the State of the Union has evolved 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Harry Truman took his to the new medium of television in 1947; a half-century later, Bill Clinton’s was live-streamed on the Internet. A State of the Union delivered by the president in person? Congress was agog. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z These amendments were well-established parts of the Constitution when FDR and Harry Truman invoked the Bill in their propaganda efforts against Hitler and Stalin. Review | How our changing view of the Bill of Rights has threatened our democracy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Graham started meeting with presidents during the tenure of Harry Truman. Billy Graham; preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “Based on approval ratings one year into a first term, Trump is the most unpopular president since at least Harry Truman,” notes Harry Enten of the website FiveThirtyEight today. The Republican Rally 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z One year later, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which integrated the military. Sports can teach ‘uncomfortable truths’ about race and society 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z "We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman," Mr Trump said in late December. Six graphics that tell story of Trump's first year 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Wacker said that after Graham revealed private conversations with President Harry Truman, Truman never forgave him, and Graham resolved not to discuss any conversation with any head of state ever again. Fact checking ‘The Crown’: Queen Elizabeth’s faith and her close relationship with preacher Billy Graham 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Around 56% of voters disapprove of his performance—more by far than any president dating back to Harry Truman at this point in their tenure. Blue-state Republicans could become almost as rare as white southern Democrats 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In 1948, when Harry Truman was reelected president, the city gifted him a green bench for the White House. St. Petersburg’s green benches evoke history, mixed legacy 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z His successor, Harry Truman, flew to San Francisco within three months of becoming president upon Roosevelt’s death, to attend the closing session of the founding conference of the United Nations in June 1945. Where's the California love? Trump is first president in decades to skip a visit in initial year 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The president has also claimed he has passed more legislation than any president since Harry Truman, which was only correct during his first 100 days in office. Six graphics that tell story of Trump's first year 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z It wasn’t the first time that global warming had been cast aside by the energy department’s petroleum council, successor to a wartime body created by Harry Truman. How big oil is tightening its grip on Donald Trump's White House 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The Nato Alliance was founded to safeguard not just the security but also the freedom of its peoples: in the words of President Harry Truman, as “a shield against aggression and the fear of aggression”. Why Nato must defend women's rights | Jens Stoltenberg and Angelina Jolie 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Nixon; Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb; the “robber barons” who built the transcontinental railroad; the reality of Soviet tyranny; and several more. Opinion | Is anyone ever wrong anymore? 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z “President Harry Truman once warned me he would ‘spank’ me if I didn’t write nice things about the ‘madam,’ ” first lady Bess Truman, Ms. Means wrote in her farewell column in 2008. Marianne Means, political columnist and trailblazing White House correspondent, dies at 83 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Seventy years ago the National Turkey Federation first presented a Thanksgiving turkey to Harry Truman, who did not grant the pardon, Trump noted, adding: “He was a tough cookie.” 'Drumstick, you are hereby pardoned': Trump spares his first Thanksgiving turkey 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Many people believe the custom was started 70 years ago by Harry Truman, because he was the first president to receive a turkey on behalf of the poultry industry as a whole. A history of White House Thanksgivings 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z It was President Harry Truman - who preferred getaways on the USS Williamsburg - who made the decision to keep Camp David as a federal property. ‘Inside Camp David’ delivers on presidential retreat details 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z As a result, these two have done more damage to the credibility and integrity of Democratic Party then anything else in my lifetime, which stretches back to Harry Truman. ‘What About Bill?’ Sexual Misconduct Debate Revives Questions About Clinton 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Harry Truman once demanded to be given one-handed economists because he became so frustrated with his advisers meeting every demand for answers with “on the one hand, on the other hand”. Joseph Stiglitz: 'Trump has fascist tendencies' 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Harden reminds us that President Harry Truman was infuriated by what he considered the failure of his intelligence chiefs to provide clear warning before the invasion. U.S. intelligence problems in North Korea — a new story that is very old 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Every president from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon endorsed the campaign. Opinion | The C.I.A.’s Fake News Campaign 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The last first-term president to go into midterm elections with this kind of unpopularity was Harry Truman, whose party proceeded to surrender 55 seats in the House and 12 in the Senate in 1946. Opinion | Democrats, Please Get Ready to Lose 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z More than 70 years ago, in the wake of the horrors of World War II, President Harry Truman addressed a United Nations Conference in San Francisco. Donald Trump Must Realize Diplomacy Protects America 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It was not until President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 that the U.S. military got a separate Air Force for the first time in its history. When the U.S. Air Force Got More Recruits Than It Could Handle 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z In the late 1940s, as a major adviser to the administration of US President Harry Truman, he vocally opposed the hydrogen bomb, again without success. History: Of chemistry and conflict : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z When evaluated alongside the pardons of some past presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, Harry Truman, the elder George Bush, and Bill Clinton, he writes, “Trump’s pardon of Arpaio looks almost papal in comparison.” Writers on the Right and Left on Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z In 1945, President Harry Truman proposed a universal health insurance program with the federal government as the single payer. Progressives: Don't blow the chance for health care reform with a single-payer litmus test 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman commuted the death sentences of Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to assassinate him right before a new Puerto Rican Constitution went into effect on July 24, 1952. How President Trump's Pardon of Joe Arpaio Breaks With White House History 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z When Harry Truman was at his nadir in 1946, Democrats lost 45 seats in the House. Democrats must rally broken Americans to make Steve Bannon eat his words 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Harry Truman was the first president to use an autopen, a mechanical arm which replicates a signature from a computer memory. Could Trump pardon Joe Arpaio by tweet? - BBC News 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z After the war, Baker was appointed as a chief warrant officer, receiving a certificate signed by President Harry Truman. Kansas navy veteran to celebrate 100th birthday 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Major renovations were done during Teddy Roosevelt’s term and again during Harry Truman’s time in office, when everything but the outer walls were dismantled. Donald Trump’s ‘dump’ comments may be fake news, but the White House does need serious work 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Then, former president Harry Truman went on TV and accused McCarthy of using “the big lie and the unfounded accusation against any citizen in the name of Americanism and security.” Perspective | Who did Trump borrow his press tactics from? Joe McCarthy. 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Many noted that the wording echoed Harry Truman’s warning at the time of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Opinion | The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yet 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Yeah, this is the doofus who might become the first president since Harry Truman to launch a nuclear weapon. A terrifying axis of idiocy: Kim Jong-un baits Trump, who falls for it 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z For decades, pushing toward universal coverage was the goal of many Democratic politicians, particularly that of former president Harry Truman who made it the centerpiece of his agenda. The Dirtbag Left can prevent the liberal elite bubble that brought us Donald Trump 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z "For a while, Harry Truman had us. And now, I think, we have everybody." Trump tracker: How much has the president achieved so far? - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “For a while, Harry Truman had us. And now, I think, we have everybody.” Trump Says He Has Signed More Bills Than Any President, Ever. He Hasn’t. 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z In other manifestations, it surfaces again in the lives and careers of US presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 75 – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1793) 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z If he has a desperate need for lasting loyalty, he should follow Harry Truman’s famous adage that “if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” President Trump's Loyalty Obsession Is Bad for the White House 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z He interviewed every New York City mayor since Robert Wagner in the 1950s and every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. Emmy-winning TV journalist Gabe Pressman dies at 93 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman didn’t much like Hoover, and thought his FBI was a potential “citizen spy system.” J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z In fact, many US politicians—including Harry Truman at one point—said to let the Germans and the Russians kill each other. Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir Putin: On U.S.-Russian relations and the Cold War 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The Gallup Daily Tracking poll provides approval ratings data dating back to Harry Truman. President Trump's Disapproval Rating Just Hit Another Record High 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z No place here, it seems, for Harry Truman's 1945 declaration that "no matter how great our strength... we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please". Is Trump abandoning US global leadership? - BBC News 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Harry Truman spoke about the importance of public service in 1947 at Princeton. Kabul, Donald Trump, Scott Pelley: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z From Harry Truman through Jimmy Carter, every presidential term but one — the Nixon/Ford term from 1973 to 1977 — had seen the debt shrink as a percentage of GDP. The GOP’s biggest budget lies: Take these down, and progressives will start to win 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z In October 1950, just months after the Korean War began, President Harry Truman met General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the coalition forces in Korea, on Wake Island. There’s a problem with trusting the generals to handle war 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Harry Truman composed dark letters about his enemies, which he mostly didn’t send, and ordered an illegal seizure of America’s steel mills. Opinion | A survival guide to presidential abuse of power 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The federally funded U.S. school lunch program, started by President Harry Truman in the 1940s, is overseen by the U.S. Trump administration relaxes some Obama-era school lunch rules 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z During an apparent attack that proved to be a false alarm, Harry Truman refused to follow protocol and instead remained working in the Oval Office. Review | How U.S. presidents prepare for the end of the world 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “Some day I hope to meet you,” President Harry Truman wrote. Before Ivanka Trump, other presidential daughters also wielded influence at the White House 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The only modern president who rivaled Donald Trump in his lack of preparation for global leadership was Harry Truman. Opinion | Trump needs a dose of ‘manly virtues’ 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z President Harry Truman made this observation about his successor, General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, liberator of Western Europe: Pentagon spending to challenge Shanahan 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z “Like Harry Truman said, ‘If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.’” Republican town halls on health care draw hostile crowds 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A court full of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman appointees, with some strongly differing perspectives on law, was unable to reach a decision in early 1953. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Wherever Harry Truman went, people used to yell, “Give ’em hell, Harry!” for his blunt way of expressing himself. Pro-truth is anti-Trump? Come on, Fox News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z When Tom Cooper came out of the Navy and got his first job selling shoes, Harry Truman was president and a gallon of gas cost around 18 cents. ‘If you’ve got a good life, why throw it out?:’ More very old Americans are working full-time 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In 1952, after Congress passed a new immigration law upholding the national-origin quotas and then overrode a veto, President Harry Truman established a commission to review the country’s immigration policy. Perspective | Rep. Steve King is half-right. Immigrants really do change America’s culture. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Mrs Hunter typed the battle orders for D-Day and on the defeat of the Nazis, she flew to the Potsdam conference where Churchill met Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and US president Harry Truman. 'We were nine round the table, now I am the only one' - BBC News 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Verrone’s Barack Obama—his most popular so far, with thirteen hundred sold—is J.F.K.’s trim body with Harry Truman’s right arm grafted on. A Comedy Writer Makes Trump Collectibles 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Harry Truman had a “Little White House” in Key West, in the state’s southernmost reach, where the US navy catered to his every need. Trump's paradise: how Mar-a-Lago became a presidential playground 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The late President Harry Truman knew all about that. Editorials from around Ohio 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Jackson himself had been claimed by Franklin Roosevelt and his successor, Harry Truman, both of whom — unlike Trump — interpreted Jackson’s populism as a call for expanded government, in part to help the working class. Trump election has parallels to Andrew Jackson's presidency 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Katherine Jellison, head of the history department at Ohio University, asked: “If Twitter had existed in those days, would Harry Truman have tweeted the critic instead of writing a letter?” A family thing: Don't mess with political dads and daughters 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “He would speak to us, but nothing personal,” Johnson said of the five-star general who was ultimately fired by President Harry Truman. Veteran graduates high school 67 years later 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Last month Trump repeated those same words while explaining why he’ll be the first president since Harry Truman to avoid getting daily updates from intelligence professionals about national security threats. “I’m, like, a smart person”: Forget inauguration size and business success — Trump’s biggest lie concerns intelligence 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The President at the time, Harry Truman, spoke. The Promise of J.F.K.: The Place Where America Meets the World 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Nostalgia also in the collection of Harry Truman memorabilia that filled the parlor of the century-old house where I stayed during my visit. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Before Twitter was available President Harry Truman backed his daughter the old-fashioned way. A family thing: Don't mess with political dads and daughters 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “Harry Truman started his senate campaign on a train in Everton.” Everton school district fights to change, improve, survive 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The Federal Civil Defense Administration, created by Harry Truman, issued crisp instructions for surviving a nuclear strike, including “Jump in any handy ditch or gutter” and “Never lose your head.” Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The last president to include military flyovers as part of his inauguration was Harry Truman in 1949, although George W. Bush did include flyovers at a ceremony two days before his first inauguration in 2001. Donald Trump wanted a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, but settled for a 20-plane flyover 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z What happened: Harry Truman’s 1949 inauguration was the first to be fully integrated, with all events and hotels open to minorities. What to Know About Every Inauguration in American History 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Bush and personally knew all presidents from Harry Truman to Obama, participating in eight inaugurations. How Donald Trump is bringing Billy Graham’s complicated family back into White House circles 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Harry Truman was right about the buck stopping at the desk. Read Full Transcript of President Obama Honoring Joe Biden 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Eisenhower took up Harry Truman’s philosophy of communist containment; Clinton embraced Reagan’s love of free trade; Obama preserved Bush’s expanding security state. Presidents undoing their predecessor's legacy: an American tradition 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z That sentiment started decades ago here, even though President Harry Truman, the iconic Democrat who helped integrate the military and rebuild after World War II, was born in nearby Lamar, the county seat. It’s hard to find a liberal resident in Liberal, Missouri 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Harry Truman learned the burdens within hours of assuming the presidency, when he was faced with the questions of whether and how to use the atomic bomb—a weapon that Truman hadn’t even known existed. A Lincoln Lesson for Donald Trump 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z “I’m, like, a smart person,” he told Fox News’ Chris Wallace last weekend, explaining why he’ll be the first president since Harry Truman to avoid getting daily updates from intelligence professionals about national security threats. Donald Trump’s questionable intelligence: All those false claims about his academic record and derision of others bespeak profound insecurity 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Even Harry Truman edged Trump’s performance with just over 57 percent of the electoral votes in 1948. AP FACT CHECK: No 'landslide' election win for Trump 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z He had taught at Columbia and Princeton, edited President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s papers, written speeches in Harry Truman’s White House and for Adlai Stevenson’s 1956 presidential campaign, and authored scholarly works. Ken Hechler, W.Va. congressman and author of ‘Bridge at Remagen,’ dies at 102 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z There's a place in your book where you quote Harry Truman talking about Dwight Eisenhower. Bill Gates says the author of this book ‘could not have predicted how resonant’ it would be in 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Even the US president, Harry Truman, was suspicious. UN to pursue further inquiry into death of Dag Hammarskjöld 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Briefings for incoming leaders started under President Harry Truman, who was upset that he didn’t learn about the U.S. effort to develop an atomic bomb until 12 days into his presidency. Trump gets third intel briefing, far fewer than predecessors 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Trump’s Twitter tirades seem petty, but they are more restrained than Harry Truman’s nasty, threatening letter to music critic Paul Hume, who had found a recital by the president’s daughter lacking. Trump likes to be ‘unpredictable.’ That won’t work so well in diplomacy. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Harry Truman gave us the line about how to find a friend in Washington — “Get a dog.” Farewell to the comic in chief 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z She was a leader among the advocates who, after Roosevelt’s death, successfully lobbied President Harry Truman to allow the refugees to stay in the United States. Ruth Gruber, who accompanied 1,000 Jews to the shores of the United States during the Holocaust, dies at 105 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The Senate waived the provision, part of the 1947 National Security Act, when President Harry Truman appointed retired Gen. George C. Marshall to the post in 1950. Key figures purged from Trump transition team 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z When General Dwight D. Eisenhower was preparing to take office, Harry Truman predicted, “Poor Ike—it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.” Aftermath: Sixteen New Yorker Writers on Trump’s America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in 1952, Harry Truman opined that his successor would quickly learn that a general has more power than a president. Hail to the Chief (of Staff) 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Just days earlier, White was traveling with Trump on his plane when he brought up how Harry Truman surprised everyone by winning against Thomas Dewey in 1948. How Evangelicals Helped Trump Win 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z One of the most famously bad predictions is captured in an iconic 1948 photograph of newly reelected President Harry Truman holding up a Chicago Tribune that falsely declares “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Four of History’s Worst Political Predictions 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z |
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