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    An engraved portrait of William Belknap, a secretary of war who was impeached in 1876 after he tearfully resigned.
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    There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago

    Jan 29, 2021
    Some Republicans are arguing that former President Donald Trump should not face a Senate impeachment trial because he's a private citizen. That was argued before — and rejected narrowly — in 1876.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    The U.S. Army Band plays "Pershing's Own" during the inauguration. Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration.
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    World Leaders Express Hope As Biden And Harris Are Sworn In

    Jan 20, 2021
    Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration. China's state news agency tweeted: "Good Riddance, Donald Trump!"
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    Simon Says
    President Trump commuted the sentence of and later pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had received a life term in a drug case.
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    Opinion: The Truth About Pardons

    Dec 05, 2020
    The history of presidential pardons is often surprising — and revealing.
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    Fifth Street

    November 12, 2020

    Nov 20, 2020
    Meme's the Word | Cooking on Water (Street) | Media Sommelier | Searchlight
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    Elections
    Kanye West at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on June 1, 2015 in New York City.
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    Kanye West Says He's Voting For The Only Candidate He Can Really Trust

    Nov 03, 2020
    West announced his campaign this summer and is only on the ballot in a dozen states.
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    Simon Says
    U.S. President Donald Trump before being taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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    Opinon: How Could The President Get The Coronavirus

    Oct 03, 2020
    NPR's Scott Simon talks about the president's diagnosis following months of his dismissing the growing, devastating pandemic.
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    National
    Army Gen. Mark Milley (second from left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and others listen as President Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leaders in October.
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    Trump's Attacks Put Military In 'Presidential Campaign Minefield'

    Sep 10, 2020
    President Trump came into office with high praise for current and former generals, but now he's attacking them in ways that are unprecedented, according to military analysts.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference on Monday in Annapolis, Md., with his wife, Yumi Hogan (right), where the governor announced Maryland has received a shipment from a South Korean company to boost the state's ability to conduct tests
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    Maryland Buys 500,000 Test Kits From South Korea, Drawing Criticism From Trump

    Apr 21, 2020
    Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, announced his state paid $9 million for coronavirus test kits from a South Korean company. "If there were an easier way, we certainly would have taken it," Hogan said.
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    Elections
    Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg waves during a rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Super Tuesday.
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    Bloomberg's Super Tuesday Flop

    Mar 04, 2020
    Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent more than $500 million to wage a national campaign, starting with the 14 states that held primaries on Tuesday. He lost all of them.
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    Politics
    Impeachable offenses were listed on a monitor as the House Judiciary Committee listened to testimony by constitutional scholars earlier this week.
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    Democrats Are Going To Impeach Trump — Here's How They Might Do It

    Dec 07, 2019
    Democrats are going forward with impeachment against President Trump. During a hearing this week, they tipped their hand about the three articles they might bring forward.
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    National
    Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced last week that he will leave his position by the end of the year. Perry urged President Trump to make the July phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that's at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
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    How Rick Perry Became A Key Figure In The Trump Impeachment Probe

    Oct 24, 2019

    Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged President Trump to make that now-infamous July phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. But what's Perry's connection to Ukraine?

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    National
    Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (center), head of Big City Mayors, discusses the homeless problem after the group met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Steinberg says it's time for any adversarial relationship between cities and the Trump ad
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    The Ongoing Clash Between Trump And Big Cities

    Sep 24, 2019
    Mayors of some of the cities the president targets say they aren't worried about jeopardizing federal funding and will continue fighting the rhetoric and policies they believe will harm urban areas.
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    Politics
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Monday night in Rio Rancho, N.M.
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    Trump Goes 'Behind Enemy Lines' To Raise Money In SF Bay Area

    Sep 16, 2019
    The president will be attending private fundraisers near Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills. It is his first visit to the San Francisco Bay Area since his election, when he lost California by 30 points.
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    Embedded
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listens as President Trump speaks to reporters following a meeting at the White House in October 2017.
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    'You May Need The Money More Than I Do': McConnell Once Returned Trump's Donation

    Jul 11, 2019
    In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It's a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.
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    World
    Electoral workers count ballots in view of party agents after the close of polls at the Parkhurst Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa this week.
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    South African President Ramaphosa And ANC Hold On To Power In National Elections

    May 11, 2019
    President Cyril Ramaphosa will argue that he has a mandate to unify the country and turn around the struggling economy. South Africa's stagnant unemployment rate is hovering at 27%.
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    Politics
    Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., announced on Jan. 23 that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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    The Youngest 2020 Candidate Pushes A Platform Of 'Inter-Generational Justice'

    Jan 31, 2019
    Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., recently announced his intent to run for president, saying the 2020 election should focus on changing the economic outlook for millennials.
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    Politics
    President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin toast to each other after signing an arms control treaty in January 1993 in Moscow. Bush skillfully cultivated relationships with both Yeltsin and his Soviet predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev.
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    George H.W. Bush's Life Has Plenty Of Lessons For Today's Politics

    Dec 03, 2018
    People who worked with Bush valued his character, manners and experience. That, they said, led him to be successful in managing the end of the Cold War — and current leaders could learn from that.
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    National
    President Trump visited Paradise, Calif., with Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom and Mayor Jody Jones. The town was consumed by the Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in state history.
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    Trump Blames Forest Management For Wildfires Again During California Visit

    Nov 17, 2018
    The president traveled to areas impacted by the fires in California, including the town of Paradise, which was virtually destroyed.
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    Politics
    Supporters cheer as President  Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas Monday.
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    From 'Lyin' Ted To 'Beautiful': How Trump And Cruz Found Political Love

    Oct 22, 2018
    Donald Trump once accused Ted Cruz's father essentially of being linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. On Monday, he flew to the Texas senator's hometown and gave him his full endorsement.
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    Three Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historians Aim To Put American Politics In Context

    Oct 11, 2018
    In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents.
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    Politics
    President Trump's poll numbers are starting to dip at exactly the wrong time. A new NPR/Marist poll finds Trump's approval rating at 39 percent.
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    Poll: Midwest Abandons Trump, Fueling Democratic Advantage For Control Of Congress

    Sep 12, 2018
    An NPR/Marist poll finds that as the president has waged a trade war, Midwestern voters have moved in big numbers toward Democrats less than two months before November's elections.
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    Politics
    President Trump held a rally Tuesday night but waited until Wednesday to respond to the legal troubles of two close associates.
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    A Day After Cohen Guilty Plea, Trump Contradicts His Former Personal Lawyer

    Aug 22, 2018
    President Trump and the White House had stayed mostly silent in the wake of Paul Manafort's conviction and Michael Cohen's guilty plea, but Wednesday he returned to Twitter and taped a TV interview.
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    Politics
    Former CIA Director John Brennan in 2017. A group of top former officials who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations called the revocation of Brennan's security clearance "unprecedented."
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    Former Intel Chiefs: White House Using Security Clearances As A 'Political Tool'

    Aug 17, 2018
    About a dozen former officials warn the White House is attempting to stifle free speech by revoking the clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of the president.
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    Simon Says
    After speaking at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony, President Trump tweeted, "To the @NavalAcademy Class of 2018, I say: We know you are up to the task. We know you will make us proud. We know that glory will be yours. Becau
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    Translated Into 'Trumptalk,' History's Famous Lines Would Look A Little Different

    May 26, 2018
    President Trump is known for his particular style of tweets. NPR's Scott Simon muses about what other famous lines from history might sound like if they'd been composed by Trump.
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    In Intense Arguments, Supreme Court Appears Ready To Side With Trump On Travel Ban

    Apr 25, 2018

    The court's conservatives were clearly leaning in the government's favor Wednesday in the long-anticipated travel ban case. It would be a big win for one of the pillars of the president's politics.

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