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Reagan shooting

The 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan and the subsequent discussion of invoking the 25th Amendment.

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Jan 28, 2026
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Is this true? Abraham Lincoln, john Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martimn Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk wwre all shot by Democrats

The claim that , , , , , and were “all shot by Democrats” is false: the historical record identifies individual shooters with varied backgrounds and motives, and none of the authoritative accounts in ...

Jan 27, 2026
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Books and memoirs revealing Reagan's post-presidency cognitive decline

Several books and memoirs — notably ’s My Father at 100, ’s Reporting Live, and the posthumously published Reagan Diaries — have fueled debate about whether signs of cognitive decline appeared in befo...

Jan 18, 2026
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was section 4 of the 25th amendment invoked

Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment has never been invoked in U.S. history; it remains an unused constitutional mechanism for removing a president deemed unable to discharge the powers and duties ...