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The National Museum of American History has some impeachment buttons from the Nixon years in their collection.

Politics & Government

Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences

4:58am September 17, 2023

by Ron Elving

Previous instances of presidential impeachment have each had contexts unique to their own political moments. These considerations have mattered as much as the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, June 7, 2022.

World News

The UK defense minister rules himself out of the race to succeed Boris Johnson

9:49am July 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ben Wallace had been tipped to be a frontrunner in the Conservative Party's leadership race — and to serve as the country's prime minister.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Biden talk Thursday during a meeting in Carbis Bay, England, as they look over copies of the original Atlantic Charter from 1941.

With An Eye To History, Biden And Johnson Try To Rekindle The 'Special Relationship'

8:00pm June 10, 2021

President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a 21st century Atlantic Charter, an update of a document that tied the countries together during World War II.

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A family gathers around the television Monday in Liverpool, England, to watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak to the nation about the new lockdown.

Britain Returns To Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus Variant

7:33pm January 04, 2021

by Reese Oxner

A new and more transmissible variant is threatening to overwhelm England's health care system, the prime minister said.

Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers, such as acetaminophen/oxycodone, that companies churned out and doctors freely prescribed over the past two decades.

National

In 2019, The Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion And Infighting

1:47pm December 26, 2019

by Brian Mann

This was meant to be the year we answered a big question about the deadly opioid epidemic: Will drug companies that make and sell prescription pain medications be held liable? That clarity never came.

Amber Rudd has resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary, accusing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of an "assault on decency and democracy."

World News

Senior Conservative Lawmaker Resigns From Boris Johnson's Cabinet Over Brexit

2:30pm September 08, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Amber Rudd accused the British prime minister of an "assault on decency and democracy" over his plan to exit the European Union with or without a deal.

Jo Johnson, brother of Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother's Cabinet on Thursday.

World News

Boris Johnson's Brother Resigns From U.K. Parliament Over Brexit

3:12pm September 05, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Jo Johnson said he was "torn between family loyalty and the national interest."

TV personality Kim Kardashian West went to the White House on May 30 to lobby for the release of Alice Marie Johnson.

Woman Released After Trump Commutes Her Life Sentence For Nonviolent Drug Offense

7:54pm June 06, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

Alice Marie Johnson was released hours after the president issued the order. She was in prison for more than 20 years for a first-time drug conviction. Kim Kardashian West had pushed for her release.

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Yara Shahidi has to navigate complex racial issues both inside and outside the world of Black-ish.

'Black-ish' Star Yara Shahidi, An Unofficial Ambassador For Gen Z

9:56am May 03, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Yara Shahidi is not all like the character she plays on ABC's Black-ish. But the actor and her character have hit a lot of the same milestones at the same time.

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Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London on Thursday.

Goats, Cannibalism And A Sadistic Nurse: The Insults Of Britain's New Top Diplomat

5:10pm July 14, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Boris Johnson has compared Hillary Clinton to a "sadistic nurse" and written poetry about Turkey's president having sex with a goat.