“Eureka”

Henry Kissinger meeting Chou Enlai for the first time, July 9 1971. After two years of backchannel exchanges and subtle signals of interest, Premier Chou Enlai of the People’s Republic of China on June 2 1971 delivered, in the words of National Security Council...

“Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”

President Nixon signs the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. On April 27, 1970 President Nixon sent a letter to Congress supporting a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age. At the time, the Senate had attached to the bill modifying and...

Summit III

President Nixon greets an enthusiastic Russian crowd in Moscow’s Red Square. 40 years ago this week, President Nixon landed at Vnukovo II Airport in Moscow, U.S.S.R., opening an official visit to the Soviet Union. He came prepared to continue detente talks and...

#SupremeCourt: Time, Inc. v. Hill

Richard Nixon’s opening arguments for the Supreme Court case TIME, Inc. v. Hill, April 27, 1966. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that requires police to obtain a warrant before searching mobile devices seized when arresting a suspect,...