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.
Giant pandas debut to public at National Zoo, continuing historic partnership
Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to ...
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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 ...
Richard Nixon’s third term on trade starts today
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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 ...
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?
Recently, pop stars including Beyoncé and Lady Gaga have sung at presidential inaugurations, but it wasn’t always a platform ...
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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 ...