Richard Nixon

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Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race

Global Politics

In October 1957, a beach-ball sized metal globe hurtled through space a couple hundred miles above the United States. That orb was the first artificial Earth satellite — Sputnik. Sergei Khrushchev, former missile engineer and son of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, remembers the US-Soviet race into space.

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Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico — here’s what happened

Immigration
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In 2019, women’s rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution

Why Richard Nixon Declared October Country Music Month

Arts, Culture & Media

Frank Langella Isn’t Scared of Epic Problems

Arts, Culture & Media
A 2002 exhibition in Shanghai called "Journeys to Peace and Cooperation" showcases the 30th anniversary of U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972.

Could a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Kim cool tensions between the US and North Korea?

Conflict

President Nixon’s unexpected visit to communist China in 1971 changed its relationship with the US.

Comey

With Comey’s dismissal, are we careening towards a constitutional crisis?

Conflict

Jeffrey Rosen, a professor of law at George Washington University and president of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, says President Donald Trump was acting within his authority when he dismissed FBI director James Comey.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Chilean General Augusto Pinochet in an undated file photo.

‘My father lost his life through a bombing, by agents of a man who Henry Kissinger supported’

Justice

Forty years ago, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat, and, Ronni Moffitt, his assistant, were killed when a bomb taped beneath their vehicle detonated. Francisco Letelier, the diplomat’s son, revisits the murder on Washington’s Embassy Row.

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Bob Woodward and the last of the president’s men

Global Politics

The legendary journalist discusses his new book, “The Last of the President’s Men.”

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It’s ‘Colombia,’ not ‘Columbia’ — get it right

Lifestyle & Belief

Colombians are sick of having people spell their country “Columbia.” A few of them have started a campaign to educate the rest of the world. But, they have their work cut out for them.Colombians are sick of having people spell their country “Columbia.” A few of them have started a campaign to educate the rest of the world. But, they have their work cut out for them.