President Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president, announced he would be resigning from the office on this day in history, Aug. 8, 1974. In a speech delivered to the nation from the Oval Office, Nixon said his resignation would go into effect “at noon tomorrow.” On August 9, Gerald Ford would assume the presidency as...
People living in Dolton, Illinois, demanded answers from embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard Monday night while attending a contentious board meeting. Along with voicing displeasure about how the village is being run, residents questioned government spending during the meeting, which was marked with interruptions, disorganization, shouting and ejections. Dolton police officers and Cook County Sheriff’s deputies...
Mary Jo Kopechne, 28 years old and a respected political operative, was found dead in the overturned car of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in a tidal pond near Chappaquiddick Island on this day in history, July 19, 1969. Known as the “Chappaquiddick incident,” the drowning death of Kopechne and the chain of events before and...
The former GOP staffers who host the popular “Ruthless” podcast offered a “boot camp” for their Democratic counterparts on Capitol Hill who are suddenly facing a hostile media questioning President Biden’s acuity. “Let me just start with a couple of truths in American politics that we all know and are very familiar with,” Ruthless co-host...
Critics said President Biden’s Thursday press conference was the “worst possible outcome” for Democrats as turmoil within their party continues. “This is gonna end in the worst possible place for Democrats. Several verbal gaffes. Does nothing to quell nerves. Yet nothing sufficient enough for Democrats to break out the political long needle on his candidacy...
NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd offered some sharp criticism of President Biden, predicting his entire “biography” will be revisited as the embattled Democrat refuses to bow out of the presidential race. On Wednesday’s installment of his podcast “The Chuck Toddcast,” Todd began by calling out Biden for heavily implying during the 2020 presidential...
President Biden is remaining defiant on his media tour as calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 race continue to mount. NBC News announced Wednesday that Biden will be sitting down with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lestor Holt for a primetime special Monday airing at 9 p.m. ET, coinciding with the first night of...
ABC News is distancing itself from its star anchor’s candid assertion that President Biden can’t serve four more years in office. George Stephanopoulos, on the heels of his high-stakes interview last week with Biden following the president’s disastrous debate performance, was seen on video being asked whether Biden should step down. “I don’t think he...
The legacy media has faced intense scrutiny in recent weeks over its past coverage of President Biden, with critics accusing journalists of covering up his mental decline, which was on full display at last month’s presidential debate. Perhaps the only members of the media, besides the White House press corps, who have had exposure to...
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos revealed he doesn’t think President Biden can serve four more years in office just days after their high-stakes interview. TMZ obtained video of Stephanopoulos on the streets of New York City on Tuesday where he was asked whether he thought Biden should step down. “I don’t think he can serve...
