What did Trump keep — and ditch — from Biden’s Oval Office decor?
Every president gets to decorate the Oval Office to their liking — but sometimes, they keep the decor of their predecessor.
From Nixon to January 6: The history of presidential pardons
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
Donald Trump just undid a key piece of LBJ's legacy
By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
Why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Still Matters in the Second Trump Era
Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant ...
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Two presidents compete over the worst abuse of the pardon power
A merican presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the ...
Why President Johnson signed the executive order in 1965 that Trump rescinded
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act ...
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Flags at half staff today; Carter’s death adds more history to Trump’s inauguration
The closest it ever happened was in 1973, when then-President Richard Nixon ordered flags lowered to honor former President Lyndon B. Johnson who died just days after Nixon’s second swearing-in. The ...