Oct 2nd, 2008 · Senator John McCain was back in Washington Wednesday to vote on the financial rescue package. Before that, he was in Missouri invoking the spirit of former President Harry Truman, a native of the Show Me State. McCain urged lawmakers, like Truman, to put the nation ahead of their party politics and vote for the Wall Street rescue plan.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman's vice president from 1948-1952. He too might have been forgotten like other vice presidents except for two things: his nickname and the remarkable circumstance of his death.
Feb 5th, 2008 · Floyd "Toad" Boring, a Secret Service agent best known for his role in defending President Harry Truman from an assassination attempt, died last week at the age of 92. In his career with the Secret Service, he protected presidents from FDR to Lyndon Johnson.
Feb 5th, 2008 · A former Secret Service officer who helped thwart the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman has died. Floyd Boring, 92, changed the course of history when he and White House police officers took on two armed men during a shootout near Blair House, where Truman was staying during White House renovations.
Jan 29th, 2008 · Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman, has died at the age of 83. Truman was a college student when her father became president. She later became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer.
Oct 3rd, 2007 · The New York Mets' meltdown brings to mind memorable turns of fortune in campaign history: Truman topping an over-confident Dewey; George Allen's "macaca" moment and Ed Muskie's misstep in New Hampshire.
Nov 27th, 2006 · With two years left in his presidency, there is no way to know how history will judge George W. Bush. Perhaps it's worth a look back at other chief executives: Truman, Reagan and Clinton. They also faced a critical point six years into their presidencies.
Oct 13th, 2006 · The movie Infamous, which opens today, is the second film based on the part of Truman Capote's life when he researched and wrote his nonfiction novel In Cold Blood. Commentator Lennard Davis says this is evidence that truth and fiction are moving closer together.