Topic: Richard Nixon

McCain, Obama finally head for key debate clash

After two days of high drama, Republican White House hopeful John McCain finally headed Friday to join Democrat Barack Obama for the first of three key debates in the US elections.Forty-eight years to the day after the first televised debate between John ...

McCain,Obama finally head for key debate clash

After two days of high drama, Republican White House hopeful John McCain finally headed Friday to join Democrat Barack Obama for the first of three key debates in the US elections.Forty years to the day after the first televised debate between John ...

Obama, McCain Head for Debate Showdown

WASHINGTON - John McCain and Barack Obama meet Friday at the University of Mississippi for their first of three 90-minute debates -- showdowns that experts say could be their last best chances to move undecided voters. As Obama hunkers down this week ...

© Dennis Brack—Black Star/PNI Richard M. Nixon

April 22, 1994, New York, N.Y.), 37th president of the United States (1969-74), who, faced with almost certain impeachment for his role in the Watergate Scandal, became the first American president to resign from office. In August 1942, after a brief stint ...
Conservatives, as represented by Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), did not endorse Richard Nixon over John Kennedy in 1960, publisher Alfred Regnery said in a video interview with Cybercast News Service, because Nixon did not embrace conservative principles.. "If we endorse [Nixon] ...

Is George Allen's Political Career Over?

George Allen's tenure in the U.S. Senate ended abruptly last fall with his defeat by Jim Webb. However, let's not write Allen's political obituary just yet. Sure, it was a disappointing loss for Allen, who, just four months prior, seemed like a cinch to ...
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is shaking up his still-unofficial campaign, replacing his top aide with a former Michigan senator and a veteran Florida strategist.The shake-up comes amid consternation inside the campaign about the active role played by Thompson's wife, Jeri, a ...

What Is Bush's Executive Privilege?

Presidents of the United States -- beginning with George Washington -- have claimed that the separation of powers articulated in the Constitution grants the Executive Branch the right to resist some Congressional or Judiciary requests for information. The House of Representatives asked ...

Executive privilege Q&A

What Is Executive Privilege? Questions and Answers About Presidents' Authority to Keep MumIt's not in the Constitution and there's no law on the books. But ever since George Washington refused to release his War Department correspondence, presidents have asserted their authority to ...

Today in history - June 23

On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes Received a Patent for His 'Type-Writer'Today is Saturday, June 23, the 174th day of 2007. There are 191 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent ...