A claim that former President John F. Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars right before outlawing them has been circulating online for years. For example, one X user, whose post had amassed more than 14 ...

WASHINGTON -- In spite of slowly improving relations with Cuba, pure tourism is still banned. But starting Tuesday, New York's first regularly scheduled direct charter flights to the communist nation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Americans know of JFK for many different reasons. Some love him for his charisma, others for his optimistic vision for America, and most, of ...

The United States has been close to war a number of times, but 63 years ago was the closest this country has ever gotten to nuclear war. President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in a national ...

Four Russian warships are now within 100 miles of Florida, paying a port visit to communist Cuba. Yet, the Biden administration says there’s nothing to see here, folks. “This is not a surprise. We’ve ...

We have received your letter of October 28, along with the reports of the conversations that you and President Dorticos had with our ambassador. We understand your situation and are taking into ...

"This book is based on the exhibition "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis," presented in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, from October 12, ...

Jacqueline Kennedy eavesdropped through a White House door during the crisis. Sept. 13, 2011— -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in ...

Americans like a good story. Especially ones that glory in our history of rugged individualism, going it alone, standing up for what’s right and not taking guff from anyone. Stuff like John Wayne ...