American President John F. Kennedy was under pressure to stand up to the communist Soviet Union. This would influence some of the decisions he took in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The stock market's trajectory during the Cuban Missile Crisis could provide a template ... The Cold War standoff was eventually resolved by President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita ...

Rodney Warwick on the crisis that brought the world to the ... from 12 to 27 October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crises constituted that historical moment when superpower tensions reached their most ...

Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about Lyndon Johnson's first speech to Congress after becoming president in 1963. This clip presents two excerpts ...

The Cuban Culinary Federation announced on Thursday the passing of their president, Eddy Fernández Monte, a pivotal figure who dedicated over forty years to championing traditional Cuban cuisine.

Prolific Hollywood and stage actor Willem Dafoe raised concerns about President Donald Trump ... of Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C." "Well, there’s many," Dafoe ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Each year the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke honors the late president John F. Kennedy. He was honored on Saturday in an annual wreath laying ceremony that took ...

Michael Faulkender, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as deputy Treasury secretary, testified at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. He was questioned on issues ...

Caitlin Reindl, Alexander Schmelzling and Brody Weiss took third prize and $750 for their video "Shots Fired, Your Message to the President ... Schmelzling said. C-SPAN's annual contest focuses ...

DirecTV is expected to announce the launch of C-SPAN in the MyNews package within the next few days. Peter Kiley, the Vice President of C-SPAN, said the network was pleased that DirecTV continues to ...

Futures on Friday show the S&P 500 on the front foot after it fell into correction territory. But traders will be wary. Many times of late they have bought the dip only to find it quickly got ...