Bill Moyers, who has died aged 91, was a young Baptist minister who became White House press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson and later one of American television’s most respected commentators.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted the seeds of compassion." ...

On This Day: Johnson signs Medicare into law In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted the seeds of compassion." ...

This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998). Contents The making of a politician -- The ...

Since it was first proposed by U.S. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954, a provision of U.S. tax code known as the Johnson Amendment has prohibited 501 (c) (3) organizations, notably charities and ...

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum, 1988. (Inscribed on last plate on lower right:) N. Savage signed The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American ...

This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps. On a July day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans ...

Nearly sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 into law, Congress voted to take back federal funding already promised for the public media system ...