There are lessons from Nixon era in Trump’s bid to freeze spending

WASHINGTON: Before President Donald Trump asserted that he had the constitutional power to refuse to release money that Congress had directed him to spend, another president made that same bold claim. It did not end well. “The constitutional right for the president to impound funds,” President Richard Nixon said at a 1973 news conference, was […]

David Gergen dies at 83: Former advisor to US Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton; private burial planned in Massachusetts

David Gregen (Image: X/David Gregen) David Gregen, an American political commentator who worked for four American presidents and spent decades in government, academia, and media has died at the age of 83 on Thursday.Gergen served in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he worked as […]