Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It
The president’s heavy-handed approach to traditional journalists has the hallmarks of an attempted crackdown 50 years ago.
White House Forces Showdown Over Congress’s Power of the Purse
The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...
Yes, Vance once said 'professors are the enemy.' He was quoting Nixon
Former President Richard Nixon first said "The professors are the enemy" during a 1972 conversation with his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. Vance quoted Nixon's words during a 2021 speech ...
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In Trump’s actions, opponents see more than cuts — they see a constitutional crisis
Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox demanded that President Richard M. Nixon turn over tapes of Oval Office conversations, but Nixon refused, instead ordering Attorney General Elliot ...
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What happened when Richard Nixon wanted more control over interest rates
This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.
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Trump’s tariff tactics are an unpromising foreign policy anomaly
He pointed to President Richard M. Nixon’s secret 1969 agreement with Japan to return Okinawa to Japanese control in return for limitations on Japanese textile exports to the United States ...
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Pictures Of Presidents Before And After Office Show The Toll The Job Takes
There’s a long standing theory that stressful jobs make people age faster. In no profession does this theory feel more … ...
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The Greatest Fake President Of All Time
Our fictional movie presidents, except for the occasional evil or dimwitted one, all exemplify the positive traits we want a president to have. I think that’s why the president ...
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In chaotic Washington blitz, Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear
Super said the two biggest previous power grabs were President Richard M. Nixon’s 1973 attempt to cancel federal programs he didn’t like and President Harry S. Truman’s 1952 effort to ...
MSNBC legal analyst pushes back on 'Morning Joe' co-hosts sounding alarm on 'constitutional crisis'
MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos pushed back on the "constitutional crisis" notion being pushed by some Democrats and the ...
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Trump’s budget cuts could kill your local weather forecast — and put you in danger
President Trump and DOGE have their sights on NOAA and the National Weather Service. Gutting them could imperil millions and ...