Presidents

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The year three presidents ran in the same election

J. Mark Powell · November 28, 2020 12:00 pm

Franklin D. Roosevelt, arriving at Town Hall, Hyde Park, New York, one mile from his home, to vote November 6, 1928. (AP Photo)

Biden puts premium on Cabinet choices’ ability to be confirmed, early picks show

Joseph Simonson · November 24, 2020 9:06 pm

Pope Francis shakes hands with US vice president Joe Biden as he takes part in a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

DC archbishop won’t deny Biden communion over abortion controversy

Nicholas Rowan · November 24, 2020 8:27 pm

President Jimmy Carter, accompanied by his wife Rosalynn, daughter Amy, and grandson Jason tells supporters on Nov. 4, 1980 that he has conceded the election to challenger Ronald Reagan. Gallup reports that President Trump would leave office with an average approval rating lower than Carter's.

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Gallup says Trump exit approval worse than Jimmy Carter’s, lowest ‘for a US president’

Paul Bedard · November 24, 2020 1:26 pm

‘Rise up’: Protesters to picket Trump until he leaves office

Nicholas Rowan · November 16, 2020 9:39 pm

Peru continues to lack a president as Congress struggles to agree on successor

Tyler Van Dyke · November 16, 2020 4:56 pm

Then and Now: Presidential vices

Grant Addison · November 13, 2020 4:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Top evangelical Trump ally calls for Christians to accept Biden as president-elect

Nicholas Rowan · November 11, 2020 6:27 pm

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No, Chris Cuomo, Trump’s likely defeat will not be the worst in US history. Not even close

Becket Adams · November 6, 2020 6:45 pm

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Erie, Pa.

Trump would be first president to lose while polling favorably on the economy

Jay Heflin · November 2, 2020 4:58 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Washington.

The question that will define Trump’s pre-pandemic economic record

Nihal Krishan · October 30, 2020 10:25 am

Biden previews FDR-like administration during unity pitch in Georgia

Naomi Lim · October 27, 2020 8:06 pm