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Sure, 2024 has had lots of news – but compared with 1940, 1968 or 1973, it’s nothing exceptional
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 6 hours agoSolicitor General Robert Bork becomes acting Attorney General and fires Cox. Oct. 25: The Soviet...
15 vice presidents who became president themselves
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoHe retired in 1969. Richard Nixon served as vice president from 1953 to 1961, and then as president from 1969 to 1974. Richard Nixon.AP Images ...
Here’s what happened the last time a president chose not to run for a second term
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoAs Humphrey accepted the nomination in the convention hall, riots raged in the streets outside. That...
What's next after Democrats' gamble on 2024 election? | The Excerpt
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 4 hours agoYou then had an active process, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emerging as the likely nominee. Then he is...
What happens now that Biden dropped out? The chaotic 1968 Democratic convention could be a clue.
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoMost of the state delegates at the convention voted for Humphrey, leading him to win the Democratic...
What to know about the Heritage Foundation, main group behind Project 2025 and RNC sponsor
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoIt was founded in 1973 during Richard Nixon’s administration and since then has exerted a strong...
Take a look inside Camp David, where presidents host world leaders and escape Washington
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoPress It's pretty nice in winter too. Three unidentified children sled down the hill outside Aspen...
A Fabled Washington Home, Kept Empty by a 22-Year Battle
New York Times· 2 hours agoThe home of Katharine Graham, the former Washington Post publisher, was once a hub of power and...
Vice presidents are always obscure. Until they're not.
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 hour agoSay what you will about Northwestern University’s former Medill School of Journalism, those annealed in its furnace tend to stick together. But Quayle also represents all vice presidents, in his invisibility and inadequacy.
‘It’s unprecedented’: Biden’s exit is a history-making moment in the American presidency
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoKennedy emerged in a close contest for the nomination. But Kennedy was assassinated after...