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2 days ago · During Monroe's tenure as president, the Federalist Party collapsed as a national political force and Monroe was re-elected, virtually unopposed, in 1820. As president, he signed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave
2 days ago · The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.
3 days ago · The kidnapping of 1-month-old Peter Weinberger on July 4, 1956, in Long Island, New York, resulted in new legislation passed by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency which ...
2 days ago · Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson. Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded, and Johnson's would-be attacker became drunk instead of killing the vice president.
2 days ago · WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday as he holds a rally and sits down for a network television interview in a pivotal battleground state, with his every answer sure to be scrutinized for evidence of his competency and fitness to run for office.
3 days ago · QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean police said on Thursday that 49 kidnapping victims were rescued from the Los Lobos crime gang in a mining region of the southern Azuay province. Ecuador is struggling ...
6 days ago · Papini was ultimately arrested in 2022 on charges that the kidnapping was an orchestrated hoax and later signed a plea deal. She was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to a federal...
