Wilt Chamberlain was the biggest basketball star in the world and Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate for president. That year, they collaborated
Exactly why Nixon decided to leave his law career behind and enter the political ring is unclear, though his long-held desire to outgrow his humble beginnings was likely a factor. Regardless of his personal motives,
The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.
On July 15, Nixon announced to his nation’s surprise — and Taiwan’s distress — that he would visit China. The United Nations stripped the Republic of China of its position and gave its seat to the PRC in October, and by 1973, a slew of countries had broken ties with the island nation to establish diplomatic ties with the mainland.
A recent Gallup poll found Biden’s approval rating aligned most closely with former U.S. President Nixon, who had a minus-42 net rating. However, while the two presidents had similar net scores, the poll found that Biden’s ratings were more polarized ...
On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a loose coalition of ultraconservatives including Steven Bannon, Dasha Nekrasova, and Curtis Yarvin gathered at a black-tie ball hosted by the book publisher Passage Press.
President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for members of his own family, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor.
Nixon would have to wait eight years to be sworn in as president, while his losing Democratic opponent — outgoing Vice President Hubert Humphrey — looked on. He was inaugurated a second time after winning reelection in 1972, only to resign after the Watergate scandal.
With Donald Trump's election and Democratic minorities in every branch of government, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and his colleagues will have to govern at a disadvantage for at least two
It is always hard to interpret Donald Trump's more outrageous statements. Is he joking? Is he expressing wild ideas that he is playing with?
Four years after the end of a first term marked by furor, folly, and a failed insurrection, Donald Trump is returning to the White House—and to the city that surrounds it.
In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan January 6 th committee, and members of his own family, which Biden said was necessary to prevent retribution from President-elect Donald Trump.