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.
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Richard Nixon, the president: The summits before the fall
On July 15, Nixon announced to his nation’s surprise — and Taiwan’s distress — that he would visit China. The United Nations ...
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Richard Nixon, the dreamer: The restless road to the 37th presidency
After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency, pitting him against John F. Kennedy, the press and his own conscience.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Gathering commemorates President Richard Nixon’s birthday
Fred Mendoza, a member of Nixon’s Cabinet Committee on Spanish-Speaking People, pauses during the wreath laying to ...
From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?
President-elect Donald Trump has selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at his second ...