Johnson: Dems Want $200B in Health Benefits to Illegals, Billions For Foreign Countries
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Monday that Democrats bear the blame for the pain of a government shutdown, as President Donald Trump and his budget chief moved forward with identifying federal programs to cut. “Day 27 means it’s…
Dangerous Playgrounds of the 1970s: Photos That Prove Safety Wasn’t a Priority
In the 1970s, before strict safety regulations and cautious parents redefined playgrounds, neighborhood parks were filled with towering jungle gyms, scorching metal slides, and hazardous contraptions that somehow doubled as childhood entertainment. Despite the risks, kids of that era embraced…
Pictures from the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Day that Changed America, 2001
Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States seemed to be just about the safest place in the world to live. The nation hadn’t been attacked on its own soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor six…
These Vintage Photos Show What Air Travel Looked Like between 1930s to 1950s
These Vintage Photos Show What Air Travel Looked Like between 1930s to 1950s From the early days of flight and the “golden age of travel”, to modern-day airlines, air travel has changed a lot over the past century. Through this…
The Fall of the Soviet Union in Rare Pictures, 1991
A woman reaches into her bag, which rests on a fallen Soviet hammer-and-sickle on a Moscow street in 1991. In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was…
Iron Lungs for Polio Victims: Photos from the 1930s-1950s
Unable to breathe, patients entered iron lungs, which made use of negative pressure ventilation to compress and depress the chest, simulating respiration. In the early 20th century, polio was one of the most feared diseases in industrialized countries, paralyzing hundreds…
Rare Color Photos from the Second World War, 1941-1945
An Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) ‘spotter’ at a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun site. 1942. These are rarely seen color pictures from the Second World War featured in the book “The Second World War in Colour” by the Imperial War Museum. Many are being…
An Unknown and Young Madonna in Michael McDonnell’s Photoshoots, 1978-1979
Born in 1958 in Bay City, Michigan with the official name of Madonna Louise Ciccone, Madonna was the first daughter of Madonna and Silvio Anthony “Tony” Ciccone. She was nicknamed Nonno to avoid confusion with the elder Madonna, who was…
Coney Island in Old Color Images from the 1940s
Sunbathers and swimmers on the beach while a blimp with the word Flamingo on the side glides above. For e brief time, early in the twentieth century, Coney Island was the most dazzling spectacle in the world — a wonderland…
The Internment of Japanese-Americans in Historical Pictures, 1942-1944
A military police officer posts Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1, requiring evacuation of Japanese living on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The internment of Japanese-Americans into camps during World War II was one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in…