From Nixon to January 6: The history of presidential pardons
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
American Flag Sitting Atop of the White House Lowered to Half-Staff Following Trump's Inauguration
The American flag sitting atop of the White House was lowered to half-staff following Donald Trump's inauguration to honor ...
Sentinel & Enterprise4h
Behind the Byline: Presidents and the press — a complicated relationship
The relationship between the press and the presidency has always been messy. From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as ...
From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?
Recently, pop stars including Beyoncé and Lady Gaga have sung at presidential inaugurations, but it wasn’t always a platform ...
Gallup survey found Joe Biden’s approval rating most closely aligned with President Richard Nixon
A recent Gallup poll found Biden’s approval rating aligned most closely with former U.S. President Nixon, who had a minus-42 ...
2 Latter-day Saint apostles attend second inauguration of President Trump
Elders Gary E. Stevenson and Gerrit W. Gong attended President Donald Trump's second inauguration, a longstanding practice ...
The Financial Times4d
Richard Nixon’s third term on trade starts today
Doug reckons this makes Trump more like Richard Nixon (similarly irascible with questionable ethics, though that’s my observation rather than Doug’s). Nixon saw trade in competitive terms and ...
Gerth: Trump disrespectfully defies U.S. Flag Code for his inauguration | Opinion
Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.
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The War: Nixon’s Negotiators
In his campaign speeches last fall, Richard Nixon pledged an honorable peace in Viet Nam, but carefully refrained from revealing any of the specifics that he would prescribe to end Southeast Asia ...