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President Nixon with Mao Zedong, black and white photo
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Heard on KNPR: Nixon in China

Feb 21, 2022

It was the meeting, just 50 years ago this month, that changed more lives at more levels than any other political handshake in our lifetimes.

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History
The impeachment proceedings against President Trump have featured testimony by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on a key cellphone conversation with Trump regarding Ukraine. Sondland is seen here being sworn in last month.

Presidential Impeachments Mirror Technological Advances; This Time, It's Smartphones

Dec 11, 2019
Each of the United States' four presidential impeachment proceedings has highlighted increasingly sophisticated technologies, beginning with telegrams in the case against Andrew Johnson.
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Simon Says
Washington, D.C.: William D. Ruckelshaus, director of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Opinion: Bill Ruckelshaus, Conservationist Who Also Protected The Rule Of Law

Nov 30, 2019
William Ruckelshaus died this week. He was 87 years old. NPR's Scott Simon remembers his legacy as the first director of the EPA, and a defiant act against President Nixon.
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Politics
Flowers are laid at the base of the statue at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas.

What We All Forget (If We Ever Knew) About The Political Career of Bush 41

Dec 02, 2018
Even with a public figure this durable, many facets of the story fade with time. That's a pity, because the greater meaning of anyone's life is often contained in the things others forget.
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Freak Power

Oct 30, 2018

Biographer Timothy Denevi on the political mission of Hunter S. Thompson

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Politics
Ron's Office Hours.

WATCH: What Does It Take To Impeach A President?

Aug 23, 2018
No president of the United States has ever been removed from office by impeachment. But efforts to impeach presidents date back to the 1840s.
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Politics
President Richard Nixon chats with the late Billy Graham, as they look over the Crusade program in Knoxville, Tenn. in 1970, a Graham-organized event that drew 75,000 people.

Billy Graham Walked A Line, And Regretted Crossing Over It, When It Came To Politics

Feb 24, 2018
The evangelical preacher sought to be seen as above the partisan political fray. But in his actions and associations, Graham often proved how difficult such an attitude can be to achieve or sustain.
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Politics
Hillary Rodham Clinton speakson June 7, 2017, in New York City.

Calls To Investigate Clinton Pose A Challenge To U.S. Political Norms

Aug 03, 2017
President Trump and some GOP lawmakers want an investigation into Hillary Clinton and other figures from the Obama era. But a probe of a defeated candidate is not the norm in American democracy.
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Analysis
Donald Trump Jr. hugs his father, Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Ohio, weeks after Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer, as he sought dirt against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump-Russia Nexus Recalls Long History Of Shadow Campaigns

Jul 12, 2017
Whatever actual impact previous foreign entanglements may have had, the stories persist — if only because they feed such powerful thoughts of "what might have been."
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Politics
In 2003, reporters listen to the then-newly released 240 hours of Nixon White House recorded conversations at the National Archives in College Park, Md.

The Shadowy History Of Secret White House Tapes

May 13, 2017
American presidents began surreptitious recordings in the White House in 1940 under Roosevelt, unbeknownst to Congress or the public. After Nixon, they were believed to stop, but did they?
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Politics
A large photo of Donald Trump, with electric lighting, at the home of George Davey in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump Champions The 'Silent Majority,' But What Does That Mean In 2016?

Jan 22, 2016
The phrase has a long history, going back as far as Richard Nixon, who used it to push back against anti-war protesters and 1960s counterculture.
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The Salt
On the day that he announced his resignation, Richard Nixon ordered cottage cheese, pineapple slices and a glass of milk.

The Startling Photo Of Nixon's Resignation Lunch

Jul 16, 2015
A White House photographer captured the lunch that Richard Nixon ate before announcing his resignation. It's an unusual image of a humble meal as power is slipping away.
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The Two-Way
The statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Move Over Mount Rushmore, There's Another Club Of Presidents

May 08, 2015
President Obama's visit to South Dakota will allow him to brag that he has set foot in each of the 50 states — only three other U.S. presidents can make that claim.
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