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TUCKER CARLSON: Biden is the most destructive president in American history

Tucker Carlson explains why permanent Washington is tired of President Biden's leadership following his classified documents mishap on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

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Barbara Walters, dead at 93, was cultural fixture, TV icon

Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture.

Column: Closing out 2022, Trump has supplanted Nixon as the saddest figure in post-presidential politics

Nixon in exile still enjoyed the respect not just of his friends but of his enemies. Trump has no friends and his pathetic record of lies stands alone.

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On this day in history Dec. 24, 1972, Bob Hope delivers last live Christmas show in Vietnam

Comedian Bob Hope performed his last Christmas show for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War on this day in history, Dec. 24, 1972. It was his ninth consecutive Christmas appearance in Vietnam.

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Nixon's Watergate lawyer says Trump's 2024 bid is 'a defense of sorts' against Jan 6 indictment but it won't matter because the committee has an 'overwhelming case'

John Dean told CNN he expects charges to be brought against former President Trump because of the "overwhelming case" made by the Jan. 6 committee.

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Christmas ornament honors gingerbread White House tradition

This year's White House Christmas ornament gives a nod to former first lady Patricia Nixon.

How We Could Discover Alien Life

Space reporter Marina Koren on NASAโ€™s plans to travel to the moon, Mars, and Europaโ€”and why it is now studying UAPs

theatlantic.com

Society-altering Respect for Marriage Act likely to create firestorm akin to Roe v Wade

Fifty years after Roe, politicians are sleepwalking into another firestorm; this time, same-sex marriage โ€“ an issue that polls show Americans wonโ€™t line up to oppose.

foxnews.com

What Releasing Trumpโ€™s Tax Returns Tells Us About America

Mark WilsonThe Supreme Courtโ€™s rejection of an emergency request by former President Donald Trump to block release of his tax returns marks the culmination of a three-year legal fight with the House Ways and Means Committeeโ€”and the affirmation of a simple law allowing congressional investigators broad access to tax return information. While it is unclear how quickly the returns will be turned over by the Treasury Departmentโ€”and just how the work of the Committee may be affected by the anticipate

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Book review of Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley describes a time, from 1960 to 1973, when Americans became alarmed by pollution and other problems โ€” and trusted the government to fix them.

washingtonpost.com

Biden's granddaughter Naomi, Peter Neal wed at White House

President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden married her fiance, Peter Neal, on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday.

Today in History for November 17th

Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says 'I am not a crook'; Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England; Suez Canal opens; Congress holds first DC session; Sculptor Auguste Rodin dies; Film director Martin Scorsese born. (Nov. 17)

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Naomi Biden joins a unique club: brides who say 'I do' at the White House

President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, will have a White House wedding on Saturday, Nov. 19. Here's a look at the history of White House weddings.

npr.org

'Here Comes The Bride': White House To Host Its 19th Wedding

Eighteen couples have been married at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. throughout its history.

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'Here comes the bride': White House to host its 19th wedding

โ€œHere Comes the Brideโ€ will play at the White House very soon.

'Here comes the bride': White House to host its 19th wedding

WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” โ€œHere Comes the Brideโ€ will be heard at the White House very soon. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married on the South Lawn on Saturday in what will be the 19th wedding in White House history. It will be the first wedding with a president's granddaughter as the bride, and the first one in that location, according to the White House Historical Association.

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The midterms didn't produce a wave. Here's what that's meant historically.

Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.

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Ron Baron explains his investing philosophy with goal of doubling his money every 5 to 6 years

Baron Capital founder Ron Baron said investing during the tumultuous 1970s was foundational to his investing approach.

cnbc.com

Bidens dole out Halloween candy to first responders' kids

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have doled out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters dressed up as everything from Spider-Man to a flamingo to a monk to a zombie founding father.

Do not vote for the part of hatred and fear

The dictionary definition of woke is being aware of social injustice. I see social injustice in many aspects of our lives today. That is social injustice. Rather than stories of conquest over enemies, David and Goliath or the battle of Jericho, Jesus advocated for brotherly love. Vote for love and brotherhood, vote for peace, vote for discussion not confrontation, vote for equality, vote for compassion for your fellow man, vote Democrat to save America.

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As Supplemental Security Income turns 50, some are calling for the program's outdated rules to change

Experts say a lack of updates to the program leave many elderly, blind and disabled beneficiaries struggling with low incomes and little flexibility.

cnbc.com

EXPLAINER: Why does The Associated Press call US elections?

Why has The Associated Press tallied votes and declared winners in U.S. elections since the middle of the 19th century.

As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.

Meet Dale Haney, the White House groundskeeper for 50 years

Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies.

Trump raid was Biden 'metastasizing' Nixon-Obama tact of targeting political enemies: Ted Cruz

Sen. Ted Cruz joined Mark Levin on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to sound off on the Biden administration's targeting of former President Donald Trump with a raid on his home.

foxnews.com

Rare toad fight similar to landmark endangered species case

A legal battle over an endangered toad and a geothermal power plant in Nevada has many similarities to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark case on the Endangered Species Act nearly a half-century ago.

Book review of Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congressโ€™s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump by Rachel Bade and Karoun Demirjian

While Republicans feared Trump, Democrats feared a political backlash and didn't do all they could to convict him, Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian write.

washingtonpost.com

Trump boasted that he was much tougher than Clinton and Nixon when they faced their impeachments, newly released audio shows

"Nixon was in a corner with his thumb in his mouth. Bill Clinton took it very, very hard. I just do things, okay?" Trump told journalist Bob Woodward.

news.yahoo.com

Sen. Leahy out of hospital, plans to return to Vermont

The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says he is out of the hospital and he's planning to return to Vermont for a full schedule of planned events.

Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy hospitalized after feeling unwell

Vermont's 82-year-old Sen. Patrick Leahy has been hospitalized after he felt unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home.

Trump isn't the first former president to be subpoenaed by Congress

Trump has been subpoenaed by the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol that took place on Jan. 6, 2021.

cbsnews.com

Jan. 6 hearing promises โ€˜surprisingโ€™ details before election

The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump for his testimony about the 2021 Capitol attack.

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music โ€” a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

npr.org

Jimmy Carter celebrating 98 with family, friends, baseball

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, turned 98 on Saturday.

Memories of the 1970s haunt the Fed, pushing its aggressive rate moves

The Federal Reserve is cracking down hard on inflation, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the 1970s, when price hikes were so sustained, they got baked in to people's thinking.

npr.org

Friend or foe? Japan-China ties complicated after 50 years

Friend or foe.

White House counts on private sector help to end U.S. hunger by 2030

The Biden administration is relying on a variety of private-sector partnerships to help fund and implement goal of ending hunger in America by 2030.

cbsnews.com

Biden on ending hunger in US: 'I know we can do this'

President Joe Biden says his administration's goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade is ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together.

White House conference puts spotlight on hunger relief

As the countryโ€™s food charities struggle to keep up with rising inflation and demand, the White House will host a conference on Wednesday.

WATCH LIVE: Bidenโ€™s strategy to end hunger in US includes more benefits

The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030.

Bills would curtail objections at future Jan. 6 vote counts

Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections.

On this day in history, Sept. 26, 1960, Kennedy and Nixon battle in first televised presidential debate

Vice President Richard Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate in U.S. history on this day in history, Sept. 26, 1960.

foxnews.com

Japanese leader's trip to China in '72 was diplomatic gamble

The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the peak of the Cold War.

Trump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

npr.org

โ€˜Checkers Speechโ€™ 70 years later: Looking back how Richard Nixon changed politics, arguably saved career

On Sept. 23, 1952, Richard Nixon delivered in front of a national TV audience what became known as the โ€œCheckers Speech,โ€ a 30-minute address to the nation.

Tucker Carlson Takes The Cake With Dumb New Conspiracy Theory

The Fox News host looked back at the Watergate scandal that Nixon himself once discussed on tape.

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Biden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?

President Joe Biden is finding itโ€™s easier to call out attacks on democracy than it is to stop them.

Charlesโ€™ history with US presidents: Heโ€™s met 10 of past 14

Hanging out with Richard Nixon's daughter.

Trump Opened Pandoraโ€™s Prosecutorial Box

For centuries America has avoided seriously considering whether former presidents should ever be prosecuted. Now that luxury is gone.

theatlantic.com

America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms

Donald Trump isnโ€™t the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records.

How Archives went from 'National Treasure' to political prey

Never before has the National Archives and Records Administration been caught up in a criminal investigation of a former president.

Big reveal: Biden unveils Obama White House portrait

Itโ€™s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W.

George Christian, longtime CBS News photojournalist, dies at age 76

George Christian helped CBS News document iconic global events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Nelson Mandela's prison release and presidential election.

cbsnews.com

Student loan relief limited for many by US drug war's legacy

Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nationโ€™s racial wealth gap and other inequities facing borrowers of color.

Bidenโ€™s Next Grand Bargain Could Retire Trump

Pardoning Donald Trumpย would be the best way to ensure he never runs for office again.

washingtonpost.com

The Law Behind Presidential Records Belonging To The National Archives

Congress passed the Presidential Records Act after Watergate, preserving documents that otherwise would have been Pres. Nixon's personal property.

newsy.com

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

npr.org

Former Nixon attorney says Trumpโ€™s media supporters will have โ€˜egg all over their faceโ€™ when probe ends

John Dean, former President Richard Nixonโ€™s White House counsel, predicted on Sunday that media supporters of former President Trump will have a โ€œegg all over their faceโ€ when the Department of Justiceโ€™s (DOJ) investigation into matters involving classified documents comes to an eventual end. During an appearance on CNNโ€™s โ€œReliable Sources,โ€ host Brian Stelter asked Deanโ€ฆ

news.yahoo.com

Monkeypox? Climate? Deciding what's a national emergency

Climate activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, something the White House hasn't done yet.

The Trump Raidโ€™s Newest Victim: the Texas GOP

After the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, state Republicans near-unanimously lined up behind Trumpโ€”before further details left them silent.

texasmonthly.com

Why Trumpโ€™s Mar-a-Lago Document Dump May Be a Crime

The FBIโ€™s search of former President Donald Trumpโ€™s Florida home as part of an investigation into whether he improperly took documents from the White House was celebrated by some as proof that no one is above the law and denounced by others as a political attack. Little is known about the aims of Department of Justice investigators and what evidence they may have gathered. There are laws governing how presidents are supposed to handle documents that, at least theoretically, can trigger prosecuti

washingtonpost.com

Democracies Can Weather Prosecutions of Former Presidents

Brazil, France, Israel and others have taken legal action against ex-leaders without doing lasting damage to their political culture.

washingtonpost.com

How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago โ€“ and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians

The gate to former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2022. Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty ImagesThe FBI search of former President Donald Trumpโ€™s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, on Aug. 8, 2022, has sparked a vigorous outcry from Trump and his allies. The details of the search are not clear, but reporting by The New York Times confirms that the search was โ€œat least in partโ€ for presidential records that Trump had taken from the White House and which were

news.yahoo.com

FBI's search of Trump's Florida estate: Why now?

The FBIโ€™s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trumpโ€™s Florida residence is ricocheting around government, politics and a polarized country.

Think Recession Fears Are Overblown? You Need to Read This

Anyone who is certain about the meaning of Fridayโ€™s positive job numbersย should consider similar certitudes from the 1970s.ย And maybe listen to realย people.

washingtonpost.com

Jan. 6 hearings traced an arc of 'carnage' wrought by Trump

The Jan. 6 congressional hearings have paused, at least for now, and Washington is taking stock of what was learned about the actions of Donald Trump and associates surrounding the Capitol attack.

FBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa under New Jersey bridge

The FBI says it found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge.

White House insiders to talk about Trump's actions on Jan. 6

A former national security official in the Trump White House, Matthew Pottinger, and a former press aide, Sarah Matthews, will be the key witnesses at a prime-time hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.

Read the plan to overturn the election sent to Trump by a Nixon White House intern turned conservative lawyer who warned it would draw comparisons to Watergate's Saturday Night Massacre

William Olson spoke to President Donald Trump on Christmas Day in 2020 and sent him a plan he said would help him remain in power.

news.yahoo.com

EXPLAINER: The Unification Church's ties to Japan's politics

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church.

Biden to ping through Israel's iconic spots on Mideast tour

President Joe Bidenโ€™s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the regionโ€™s most iconic places.

Vermont US Sen. Leahy undergoes surgery on broken hip

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont underwent surgery Thursday after he broke his hip in a fall at his home.

Trump's lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House.

Jan. 6: Pressure, unsung heroes and Trump's Watergate echoes

The House Jan. 6 committee began its work under deep political skepticism.

Title IX gave important opportunities to female athletes and to fans

The law that gave women opportunities to play gave us Allyson Felix, Katie Ledecky, Sue Bird and many more.

washingtonpost.com

9 female athletes you might never have heard of if not for Title IX

Since the legislation was signed, the landscape of sports changed forever with the opportunities it has given female athletes.

Jan. 6 House select committee holds fourth public hearing

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its fourth public hearing Tuesday afternoon. The panel will focus on efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure local and state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins "CBS News Mornings" from Capitol Hill with a preview of the hearing.

news.yahoo.com

The moments resonating from the Jan. 6 hearings (so far)

Nielsen numbers tell us how many people watched live coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings โ€” 20 million the first night, 11 million the second and nearly 9 million for the third.

EXPLAINER: What is Title IX and what impact has it had?

Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on campuses.

The Fed Hasnโ€™t Fixed Its Worst Blunder Since the 1970s

Jay Powell wants us to believe he has what it takes to bring inflation under control. History warns us to be skeptical.

washingtonpost.com

Nature: Visit to bald eagle nest reveals a different kind of 'family'

Jim McCormac has seen many eagle nests over the years, but nothing like the one he saw on June 3. Read more to discover his surprising find!

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Hotel Guests Can Experience Watergate 50 Years Later

Guests can experience the space where E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy spied on President Richard Nixonโ€™s political opponents in 1972.

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Hotel Guests Can Experience Watergate 50 Years Later

Guests can experience the space where E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy spied on President Richard Nixonโ€™s political opponents in 1972.

newsy.com

China defends 'zero-COVID' after US envoy warns of costs

China is defending its tough โ€œzero-COVIDโ€ policy after the U.S. ambassador said it is causing serious damage to the global economy and foreign business sentiment.

Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences

It took close to two years for Richard Nixon to be driven from the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate break-in 50 years ago.

Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power

Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart, in vastly different eras, and they were about different things.

"They sent the new kid": Lesley Stahl on how she got to cover Watergate โ€” and how Washington "changed forever"

50 years after the Watergate break-in, one of the first reporters to cover it looks back โ€” and sees some lessons for today.

cbsnews.com

Why Trumpโ€™s Own Appointees Are Setting the Record Straight

When presidents take steps to ignore what their government is tellingย them, they also forsake its professionalism, honesty and competence.

washingtonpost.com

Philip Baker Hall, of 'Hard Eight,' 'Seinfeld,' dies at 90

Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Andersonโ€™s early movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in โ€œSeinfeld,โ€ has died.

The Watergate interviews on 60 Minutes

Following the 1972 break-in into Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex, 60 Minutes interviewed many people who became central to the break-in and the subsequent cover-up.

cbsnews.com

Watergate at 50: The political scandal that changed Washington

Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate complex, historians are still piecing together the crime, and the coverup, that brought down a presidency โ€“ and that continues to shape Washington today.

cbsnews.com

Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow

Stagflation.

Donโ€™t Let January 6 Become the Next Watergate

Just as Watergate was not really about the Watergate break-in, January 6 is not really about the January 6 riot.

theatlantic.com

During Watergate, John Mitchell Left His Wife. She Called Bob Woodward.

In the thick of the Watergate scandal, Martha Mitchell invited Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to her apartment in Manhattan, where the reporters went through John Mitchellโ€™s private documents.

washingtonpost.com

An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?

A congressional committeeโ€™s hearings on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are coming up, and the public has been told to expect revelations.

EXPLAINER: US keeps world guessing on Taiwan stance

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States has a โ€œcommitmentโ€ to help Taiwan militarily if China invades.

Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane dies at 84

Former White House national security adviser Robert C.

Senate confirms Powell for 2nd term as Fed fights inflation

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, giving bipartisan backing to Powellโ€™s high-stakes efforts to curb the highest inflation in four decades.

Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy DC whodunit

Thereโ€™s nothing official Washington loves better than a juicy whodunit.

Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at correspondents' dinner

President Joe Biden took the White House press corps' annual gala as an opportunity to make light of the criticism he has faced in his 15 months in office.

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