CAN JEB AVOID BEING THE FRED THOMPSON OF 2016? A famous Republican who’s been out of office for a while but who has a big national profile uses social media for an unconventional campaign launch that ...

AP — Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who is considering a bid for president, said Wednesday he was diagnosed with lymphoma more than two years ago but the cancer shouldn’t ...

(TIME, December 9) -- Fred Thompson has always been cast in parts he was made for. Each character--the admiral in The Hunt for Red October, the White House chief of staff in In the Line of Fire, the ...

NAPLES, Fla. - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.