1. Fighting Diseases–The current Ebola virus issue is an example of how countries today are better equipped to stop the spread of dangerous diseases. Sure it has moved to other countries but it has been identified and individuals quarantined. In the past, the disease might have moved without ...
Assuming the presidency after Richard Nixon's resignation, Ford tried to move the country past the political crisis by granting Nixon a full pardon. Ford won the Republican nomination in 1976, but lost the election. 29. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) AP Van Buren received low rankings for his...
A moderate Republican, O'Connor most frequently sided with the Court's conservative bloc; having the swing opinion in many decisions. She often wrote concurring opinions that limited the reach of the majority holding. During her time on the court, some publications ranked her among the most ...
This is a complete list of Presidential Medal of Freedom winners, since its inception. Photos are included for almost every Presidential Medal of Freedom ...
Eye On The Struggle: Ethel Payne, The First Lady Of The Black Press by James Mcgrath Morris (Amistad, Feb 17, 2015) The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America by April Ryan (Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 15, 2015) Loving Donovan by Bernice...
President Theodore Roosevelt was shot inMilwaukee, where the2024 Republican National Conventionwill take place next week, in 1912. He was shot in the chest while campaigning for his third term in the White House and survived. Biden comments on Trump assassination attempt ...
James Garfield was the second president to be assassinated - by a disgruntled Republican constituent - six months after taking office, while walking through Baltimore and Potomac train station in Washington on 2 July 1881. The former Union general and Ohio...
The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is the decision that all presidential terms, and those of vice presidents, will end at noon on January 20th. In addition to this, it was decided that the date of the start of a term in the Senate would move to January 3rd. The Twenti...
, and a Republican-led House has put the chances of federal legislation further out of reach for Biden. “Imagine a future with affordable child care so millions of families can get the care they need to go to work and help grow the economy,” Biden said, suggesting a tax on ...
to judges nominated by Democratic and even non-Trump Republican presidents, the Trump nominees have deeper affiliations with Christian organizations like the Alliance Defending Freedom and have been more likely to rule for Christians in religious freedom cases and against litigants of minority religions....