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Good Question: How Often Do Presidents Travel?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)– Whenever a United States president leaves the White House and heads for the “real” America, the opposition party complains about taxpayers bankrolling a political trip. But...
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Pawlenty Portrait To Get Oct. Unveiling At Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s eight years as Minnesota’s leader will be memorialized forever when his official portrait is unveiled next month at the Capitol. The Minnesota...
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Opinion: Learn To Be An American
One day after Rush Limbaugh called on W. Mitt Romney to use racist attacks against the President, Romney used racist attacks against the President. Yesterday, Romney dispatched an attack dog of sorts,...
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Opinion: In Tonight’s Debate Mitt Romney’s Lies Will Catch Up With Him
Tonight’s debate offers President Obama an opportunity to pick up where the debate left off in Denver. That is exactly what Republicans seem to be hoping for. But, as they say, be careful of what you...
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CBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Push Back On Opponent’s False...
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit With days left in this historic billion-dollar-plus marathon for the White House that polls show tightening, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney continued to duke...
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Opinion: Another Hurricane Reminds Us Of The Need For An Effective...
The 2012 presidential campaign between President Obama and Mitt Romney will be book-ended by hurricanes. It opened with fears of a storm striking the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Remnant...
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Good Question: What Benefits Do Former Presidents Receive?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Former President George W. Bush is recovering Tuesday from a successful surgery that put a stent in his heart. According to a statement released by his spokesperson, doctors at a...
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Minn. Farmer Preparing Turkeys For Presidential Pardoning
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WCCO) – This time of year, students at the School of Engineering and Arts in Golden Valley are talking turkey. On Monday, they got a special lesson about one of Minnesota’s...
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Good Question: Why Do White House State Dinners Cost So Much?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted French President François Hollande for an official state dinner at the White House. It was the seventh...
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Jeb Bush Has Optimistic Message, Faces Challenges In ’16 Bid
MIAMI (AP) — Jeb Bush launched a Republican presidential bid months in the making Monday with a vow to get Washington “out of the business of causing problems” and to stay true to his beliefs — easier...
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4 Things To Know: George HW Bush Falls, Credit Cards, British Open & More
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – From Hollywood to Maine, from the U.S. to Scotland, here’s a look at the four stories you need to know about for Thursday, July 16, 2015. President George HW Bush Falls Former...
View ArticleFormer President George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush Hospitalized
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted Wednesday to the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital with pneumonia, and his wife, Barbara, was hospitalized as a precaution. The...
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5 Former Presidents Attend Hurricane Relief Concert
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The five living former presidents appeared together for the first time since 2013 on Saturday at a concert to raise money for victims of devastating hurricanes in Texas, Florida,...
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Concert Featuring Former Presidents Raises $31M For Hurricane Relief
AUSTIN, Texas (WCCO) — The five living former presidents have attended a concert to benefit victims of hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Barack Obama, George W....
View Article2 More Women Accuse Bush 41 Of Groping
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more women are coming forward to accuse former President George H.W. Bush of groping them. Author Christina Baker Kline said the nation’s 41st president made the same joke others...
View ArticleGeorge HW Bush Hospitalized With Blood Infection
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday. Jim McGrath said on...
View ArticleFormer President Bush Out Of Intensive Care, Making Progress
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was moved out of intensive care and into a regular patient room at a Houston hospital on Wednesday as he recovers from an infection that required his...
View ArticleGeorge H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Maine For Low Blood Pressure, Fatigue
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized Sunday in Maine after he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue, a spokesman said. Just after 2 p.m., Jim McGrath, a...
View ArticleGeorge H.W. Bush Released From Maine Hospital
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has left a Maine hospital after more than a week of treatment for low blood pressure and fatigue. A Bush spokesman tweeted Monday that the...
View ArticleYounger Bush Rarely Called On Elder During Presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush said that during his two terms in office, he rarely called on his father’s counsel. But there were exceptions over the years, intersections where the personal drifted...
View ArticleDayton Orders Flags At Half-Staff To Honor George H.W. Bush
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Governor Mark Dayton on Saturday ordered flags across Minnesota to be flown at half-staff in honor of former President George H.W. Bush. Bush died Friday night at the age of...
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‘I Love You, Too’: George H.W. Bush’s Final Words To Son
Former President George H.W. Bush died at 10:10 p.m. Friday at his home in Houston, according to the family spokesperson. He was 94.
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Partial Government Shutdown Likely To Be Delayed Because Of Bush’s Death
Funding for some parts of the federal government is set to expire at midnight on Dec. 7 — a deadline set months ago that now would fall at the end of a week when Washington is set to be focused on...
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‘Mission Complete’: Sully The Service Dog To Accompany Bush One Last Time
(CNN) — Sully H.W. Bush, a yellow Labrador service dog who worked with the late former President George H.W. Bush, will be traveling with Bush’s casket on his flight to Washington, DC, according to a...
View Article‘He Was An Amazing Man’: MN Family Remembers Late President Bush’s Visit To Farm
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota family has fond memories of their time spent with the late president. In 1984, then Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush stopped by their family farm in Cologne....
View ArticleArtist From Minneapolis Got To Know George H.W. Bush, Painted His Portrait
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — North Minneapolis native Mark Balma has met with – and painted – four U.S. presidents, including the late George H.W. Bush. He’s working on his fifth right now of President Barack...
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Postal Service To Suspend Most Deliveries, Close Offices To Honor George H.W....
(CNN) — The US Postal Service announced it will “suspend regular mail deliveries, retail services and administrative office activity” on Wednesday for the national day of mourning honoring the late...
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