Broken Pelvis Hospitalizes Reagan

How two political families forged a friendship across the aisle

(NEWSER) - Peggy Noonan recounts the unlikely friendship of the Kennedys and the Reagans and the time "grace met grace"—when President Reagan ventured to Ted's house in 1985 to make a speech honoring JFK and raise money for his new library. "A friendship that had already begun deepened," writes Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. More»

Former British PM expected to be released soon

(NEWSER) - Margaret Thatcher, now 83, has been hospitalized after breaking her arm in a fall in her home in London, reports the UK Times. A spokeswoman for the long-serving prime minister said she would be released today and was "very lucky." Thatcher has suffered multiple strokes in recent years, but she maintains a busy schedule: last week, she had an audience with the pope at the Vatican. More»

Bronze statue graces Capitol rotunda

(AP) - An overjoyed and teary-eyed Nancy Reagan watched with delight as a bronze statue of her beloved late husband Ronald Reagan was unveiled at the US Capitol today. Reagan-era policymakers also looked on in the Capitol's Rotunda as blue cloth was pulled to reveal a 7-foot statue that casts the 40th president flashing his legendary aw-shucks grin. More»

(NEWSER) - No snubs today. Nancy Reagan even got a kiss on the cheek from President Obama as she appeared with him at the White House, reports ABC News. With the smiling former first lady by his side, Obama set up a commission to plan the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birth in 2011. "Oh, you're a lefty!" Reagan said as he signed the act. "I'm a lefty," the president responded. More»

(NEWSER) - Nancy Reagan sees dead people. In an interview with Vanity Fair to be published this week, the former first lady talks about her relationship with the Obamas and Bushes, her time in Washington, and her husband’s ghost. “It sounds strange but…I see Ronnie,” she says. “At nighttime, if I wake up, I think Ronnie’s there, and I start to talk to him.” More»