Byrnes was a very shrewd man and a wonderful biography entitled “Sly and Able” was written by David Robertson. Mr. Robertson managed to sum up Jimmie Byrnes perfectly. It seemed every Democrat in the ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has decided to keep the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and its associated carrier strike group on duty for longer than originally anticipated, UNSI ...

Perle Mesta was one of DC’s most famous socialites, a newspaper staple known for her charm and influence—“the hostess with the mostest,” as she was famously dubbed. Her hot-ticket parties were ...

One of the United States’ most powerful surface vessels recently finished a significant deployment at a time of increased tensions due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Navy’s ...

Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed away at the age of 104.

KMBC NINE’S MATT EVANS IS TAKING A LOOK AT A VISIT TO THE TRUMAN LIBRARY, AND WHY CARTER ADMIRED HARRY TRUMAN SO MUCH. REPORTER. SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1980. THE FINAL TIME PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ...

Perle Mesta and President Harry S. Truman chat at a reception in Washington ... Meryl Gordon’s sympathetic and involving new biography, “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” rescues Mesta from ...

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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman ...

On Monday, Joe Biden will no longer be president. After five decades in elective office, Biden will go home, unappreciated ...

Socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., becoming one of the most famous ...