One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

Trump and Nixon are far from the only presidents to rake in money for inaugurations. Twelve years after Nixon's $4 million ceremony, Ronald Reagan set a record with a $20 million swearing-in that featured more elaborate celebrations, according to ethics watchdog Public Citizen.

Wilt Chamberlain was the biggest basketball star in the world and Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate for president. That year, they collaborated

Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of his childhood home. His gravestone is a simple black slab, the words from his inauguration speech carved in gold:

The American flag sitting atop of the White House was lowered to half-staff following Donald Trump's inauguration to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. According to U.S. flag code, 'all federal buildings,

Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.

The practice of China lending pandas to other nations began in the 7th century. Here's why this sign of international good will was revived.

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The relationship between the press and the presidency has always been messy. From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as the backbone of democracy to Richard Nixon’s declaration that “the

Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to settle in, they're making their public debut at the National Zoo.

Now President Biden is mulling his own pre-emptive pardons. But these are of a whole different cloth. In a distressing sign of the political times, Mr. Biden is considering pre-emptive pardons for elected officials and government employees for any possible crimes over several years,

A North Jersey mansion listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.