#Political History

Articles (13)

• 🇺🇸 US Mint gets green light to put Trump on 250th gold coin — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday greenlighted a $1 gold coin featuring President Trump’s likeness to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.  The proposed design depicts Trump with his f...

  Related: #Commemorative Currency
• 🇬🇧 Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ laws likened to Bjelke-Petersen era anti-protest regime — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Health minister Tim Nicholls corrects claim alleged Bondi terror attack gunman Naveed Akram used controversial phrase, as laws roundly criticised</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguard...

  Related: #Protest Laws
• 🇺🇸 Mandelson papers: what do they show? — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Top Starmer aide warned US envoy’s appointment was ‘weirdly rushed’, while disgraced peer sought £547,000 payout

  Related: #Government Transparency
• 🇬🇧 Alexander Butterfield, Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies aged 99 — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-th...

  Related: #Watergate Scandal
• 🇬🇧 Alexander Butterfield, who revealed Nixon Watergate tapes, dies aged 99 — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  He disclosed then-President Richard Nixon had a recording system in the Oval Office.

  Related: #Watergate Scandal
• 🇺🇸 Alexander Butterfield, Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely rec...

  Related: #Watergate Scandal, #Obituary
• 🇺🇸 Alexander Butterfield, Who Revealed Nixon Tapes in Watergate Scandal, Dies at 99 — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  “There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

  Related: #Watergate Scandal
• 🇺🇸 Jan. 6 plaque installed at U.S. Capitol after 3-year delay — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  A long-awaited plaque honoring law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was installed on Saturday after a three-year delay. “On behalf of a grateful Congress, t...

  Related: #Commemoration
• 🇺🇸 ‘The Inquisitor’ Review: Barbara Jordan Is Speaking — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  This whirlwind biographical documentary puts Barbara Jordan, the esteemed congresswoman and professor who died in 1996, front and center as a voice of moral authority.

  Related: #Biography, #Moral Authority
• 🇺🇸 Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84 — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, had died at the age of 84, his family said.

  Related: #Civil Rights, #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84 — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

  Related: #Civil Rights, #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 1/12: The Takeout: Jonathan Alter — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Jonathan Alter, author of a biography of former President Jimmy Carter, joins Major Garrett to talk about Carter's life and legacy, the principles that guided Carter in the White House and his foresig...

  Related: #Environmentalism, #Biography
• 🇺🇸 The Secret History of the Deep State — 08/02/2026 [USA]

  Seven pages of grand jury testimony from Richard Nixon were deemed so incendiary that they were hidden from the public for years.

  Related: #Government Transparency, #Legal Justice