This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.
Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the following installments recounting Nixon’s ...
He wanted his aides to tell diplomats, “I’m sorry ... he is out of control ... you don’t know the man,” or that he’s a ...
“Of course I knew Jerry Voorhis wasn’t a communist,” Richard Nixon said. The young congressman was musing over his recent campaign with his defeated opponent’s adviser over lunch in 1947.
Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...
This, experts say, allows Trump to embrace corporate and individual gifts in a more brazen way that mirrors another president he has been compared to — Richard Nixon. While nearly half a century ...
Half a century later, it welcomed an estimated crowd of 4,000 to see then-Vice President Richard Nixon speak during a rally for U.S. Rep. Clifford Case. The 10-bedroom mansion at 25 Prospect ...
President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, ...
The Nixon Presidential Library & Museum held its annual commemoration marking President Richard Nixon’s birthday – delayed this year by one day in honor of the National Day of Mourning that ...
Washington waits this week with quiet anticipation for the installation of Richard Nixon, uncertain about the tone and thrust of his presidency, but looking happily forward to the fun and fanfare ...
Specifically, as a new play premiering Friday at Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Theatre asks, what if Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate in that extremely close election, had stepped in to help ...