candidates for president of the united states

Commentary, Nation World
May 08, 2025
From 1976 to 2012, politicians took the phrase “political party” a bit too literally by using taxpayer funds to help pay for the stages, confetti, bal...
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An eventful day in US history
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 21, 2025
Donald Trump promised “shock and awe” during the first days of his presidency. He didn’t disappoint the majority of Americans who understood that the ...
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Republicans have chance to seize the moment
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MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Jan 17, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation was quintessential Biden. He wove in folksy stories of America’s past. He...
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Trump, Obama’s friendly banter is what adults do
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LEONARD GREENE New York Daily News 
Jan 14, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — IfJimmy Cartercould broker peace betweenEgyptandIsrael, why are we so shocked that he could facilitate the same betweenBarack Obamaan...
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Carter, Biden and revisionist presidential history
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JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jan 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — For my entire career, it's seemed, theRepublican Partyhas run againstJimmy Carter. From my novice reporter days inTexasbeginning mi...
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Democrats still in deep denial
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 02, 2025
ManyDemocratsremain comically befuddled over how they lost two of the past three presidential elections toDonald Trump. As one might expect from those...
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Jimmy Carter’s integrity and compassion
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 01, 2025
Jimmy Carter burst on to the national political scene during difficult times. The previous years had been marked by the turbulent 1960s and Vietnam. W...
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The election: Four good things and one bad
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JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
Nov 12, 2024
Full disclosure: In 2016 I voted for Hillary Clinton; in 2020 I voted for Joe Biden; last week I voted for Kamala Harris. If you’re gathering that I w...
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Trump names Lee Zeldin to lead EPA
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MICHELLE L. PRICE, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press 
Nov 11, 2024
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he conti...
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GOP won. Time to prove it was deserved
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MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer/TNS 
Nov 08, 2024
The Republican victories were resounding and unmistakable — so decisive that Donald Trump’s win was projected in less than 12 hours after the polls cl...
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