Latest articles by West Wing Reports
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Today in history: The death of a Civil War hero
feature Ulysses S. Grant was also our 18th president
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Today in history: The two-term limitation begins
feature In 1951, the 22nd Amendment was ratified, limiting U.S. presidents to two terms
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Today in history: Nixon's world-changing trip to China
feature In 1972, President Nixon arrived in China for a historic visit. Three years later, on the same date, two of his cabinet members were sentenced to prison for Watergate.
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Today in history: April 19
feature Hours after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, President Clinton called it "an act of cowardice"
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Today in history: November 21
feature In 1989, President Bush nixed smoking on most domestic flights
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Today in history: The beginning of an adventurous journey
feature In 1803, Lewis and Clark got the green light to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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Today in history: September 6
feature In 1901, President McKinley was shot
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Today in history: The shameful forced removal of Japanese-Americans
feature President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order to permit the forcible removal of Japanese-Americans from parts of the West Coast
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Today in history: February 10
feature In 1967, the presidential line of succession was cleared up
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Today in history: September 17
feature Today is the 151st anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history
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Today in history: September 10
feature Andrew Jackson started the 'Bank War'
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Today in history: America gets its 6th president in 9 years
feature In 1850, Millard Fillmore was sworn in
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Today in history: JFK is born
feature Happy birthday, Mr. President
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Today in history: The death of Osama bin Laden
feature Three years ago, President Obama announced that the leader of al Qaeda had been killed
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Today in history: The birth of Social Security
feature FDR's critics called it socialism
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Today in history: The U.S. boycotts the Moscow Olympics
feature Jimmy Carter ordered the boycott in retaliation for the invasion of Afghanistan
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Today in history: September 9
feature In 1791, the capital of the United States was named after George Washington
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Today in history: A general's insubordination
feature In 1951, President Truman fired a popular general for his comments about the Korean War
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Today in history: Barack Obama is born
feature Obama is the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win two presidential elections with a majority of the popular vote
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Today in history: The birth of the federal income tax
feature In 1861, President Lincoln signed a new law to help pay for the Civil War
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Today in history: November 18
feature In 1886, Chester Arthur died
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Today in history: The birth of the 'accidental president'
feature Gerald Ford was the only person in American history to become both vice president and president without ever being elected to either office
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Today in history: The death of a president
feature On this day in 1994, President Nixon died at 81
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Today in history: The country's first cabinet meeting
feature In Jefferson's words, they clashed like "fighting cocks"
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