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It was a grey, drizzly Monday on March 30, 1981, when President Reagan emerged from the Washington Hilton hotel, heading back to his presidential limousine parked a few yards away. His inauguration had been only a few weeks before and he'd just finished speaking at a lunch of US labor union leaders. Along with the rest of the White House press corps I was about 20 feet away, roped off from the President. Suddenly, just as one of our number shouted a question for him, shots rang out. In a split second, a burly Secret Service agent brusquely bundled Reagan...

When Kamala Harris took to the stage during a Democratic primary debate before the 2020 election and implied that Joe Biden was racist, his wife, Jill's, response was crystal clear. 'Go f**k yourself,' the then-future first lady vented, as she allegedly admitted during a conference call with supporters. And the relationship between the two women – that began badly enough during that contentious battle for the presidential nomination – has only gone downhill from there. Now, political insiders have told DailyMail.com that Democratic advisors are struggling to push past the powerful role that Jill Biden's loathing of Harris, 59, is...

While First Lady Jill Biden was wrapping up a three-state tour Monday night, her predecessor Melania Trump made her first public appearance in a while, hosting a GOP fundraiser in New York. While it’s no secret that political wives can help reel in or repeal voters — sometimes in equal measures — the current and previous first ladies understand the power of a photo op. While Biden was all business during her three-state trip, Trump maximized the glam factor wearing a red Valentino dress with red Jimmy Choo stilettos. The frock was a repeat outfit for the former model, who...