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The cautionary tale of Richard Nixon vs. his Fed chair
The story of former President Richard Nixon vs. Arthur Burns, his Fed Chair is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, ...
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.
Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor, joining a long list of sports ...
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Trump picks Neil Jacobs to head NOAA, a scientist with 'Sharpiegate' ties
President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific ...
These rare photos of the Chiefs through history capture era before restricted access
These photos show a time when photographers could access some of the players’ off-the-field moments not seen today.
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Trump picks Neil Jacobs to head NOAA, a scientist with 'Sharpiegate' ties
Republicans hold a majority of seats in the Senate. NOAA was established in 1970 under President Richard Nixon as part of the Department of Commerce. NOAA administrators have primarily been ...
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What does the head of the Environmental Protection Agency do?
Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...
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How Congress — and not the president — controls how taxpayer money is spent
Much like Trump, President Richard Nixon didn’t want to spend money on certain social and environmental programs that Congress had approved, so he just refused to spend it. “He was sued over that.
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Former CLT mayor: I supported Jefferson Griffin. His election litigation is dead wrong | Opinion
From our readers The writer was Charlotte’s mayor from 1991-95: As a Republican who voted in 1968 for Richard Nixon for President ... The new head of the FTC halted public commenting on proposed ...
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These are all the rabbis who have spoken at US presidential inaugurations
1969: For his first inaugural, Californian Richard Nixon tapped Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, the head of Los Angeles’ Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Under his leadership, which lasted until his death in ...
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Johnson says flags will be raised for Trump’s inauguration
Already, as you've heard, Congress has gotten a head start on implementing the ... Former President Richard Nixon's 1973 inauguration occurred within the 30-day mourning period that followed ...
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Mike Vrabel isn’t selling any Patriots glory. He’s playing defense against it
It would have been so, so easy for Mike Vrabel to kick back in a rocking chair Monday afternoon, using his introductory news conference as the next head ... wake of Richard Nixon’s resignation ...