While off the Japanese island of Chichijima on this day in history on Sept. 2, 1944, then-future President George H.W. Bush was the only survivor after his aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time, Lt. Junior Grade George Bush was a pilot...
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Over 200 former Bush, McCain, Romney staffers endorse Harris: 'The alternative … is simply untenable'
More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, penned an open letter Monday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The cohort of Republican officials, which also includes a handful of aides to former President George H.W. Bush, previously...
Pelosi gushes about warm relationship with Bush family amid Biden turmoil
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi highlighted her warm and longstanding relationship with the Bush family in an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “We were friends. He was such a lovely man,” Pelosi told Psaki of her friendship with President George H.W. Bush, who died in 2018. Pelosi joined MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki”...
On this day in history, July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act
On this day in history, July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), one of the most sweeping affirmation of rights for the disabled in American history, according to History.com. President Bush signed the act into law on the South Lawn of the White House South Lawn...



