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What do these years of unprecedented events have in common?

History usually happens at a leisurely pace, with major events months or even years apart. But this year, it seems like someone has pushed fast-forward, with significant events coming on a weekly or even daily basis. One company is now selling a T-shirt declaring “THIS IS MY LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED…

Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after leaving office – Biden after he ended his terms as vice president in 2017, and Trump after leaving the Oval…

When Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump on Nov. 18, 2022, Garland’s goal was to shield the probes from the appearance of partisanship.

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

It took close to two years for Richard Nixon to be driven from the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate break-in 50 years ago

Fifty years from now, when Americans look back on the riotous break-in at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will it have as much impact as memories of the Watergate scandal continue to have today?