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Most campaign money is coming from 158 families

by Kai Ryssdal and Mukta Mohan
Oct 12, 2015
Super PAC donations are largely coming from older white men leaning right.
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Shelf Life

Richard Nixon 'wanted to be a good prince'

by Kai Ryssdal , Mukta Mohan and Daisy Palacios
Jul 2, 2015
Author looks into the psyche of the anxious introvert who was 37th president.
“Nixon's become kind of a cartoon to us," says author Evan Thomas. "We think he's wicked and evil. I just didn't believe that.”
National Archive/Newsmakers
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Final Note

Welcome to the party, Jeb

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 15, 2015
Bush announced his presidential bid ... and apparent obsession with 'Die Hard.'
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Help wanted: non-Luddite bibliophile

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 11, 2015
President Obama will appoint the 14th Librarian of Congress.
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The annual Turkey pardon, demystified

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 27, 2014
Every year at this time, the president of the United States, leader of the free world, participates in a truly bizarre political ritual.
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Marketplace Whiteboard®

Is running the government like running a business?

by Paddy Hirsch
Oct 31, 2012
Running the U.S. economy is just like running a business, right? Not necessarily. Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains the differences between a president and CEO.
Running the U.S. economy is just like running a business, right? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains the differences between a president and CEO.
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Measuring the strength of the economy and the stock market

by Jeff Horwich
Sep 24, 2012
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: the economy and the stock market are not one and the same. The performance of the economy under a president is open to wide interpretation, but we can measure the stock market.
The Dow Jones news-ticker in Times Square reads 'U.S. Stocks climb on Bernanke's speech' on August 31, 2012 in New York City.
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Does the president actually influence the economy?

by Stephen Dubner
Mar 7, 2012
Believe it or not, there's nearly no relationship between the U.S. president and the economy, no matter who it is.
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The cost of living... in the White House

by Tess Vigeland
Mar 2, 2012
The president lives in that big ol' D.C. mansion, where he's waited on hand and foot at the taxpayers' expense, right? Not exactly. Author Jodi Kantor says being president is plenty hard on the pocketbook.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at home in the White House. The finances of the First Family are tighter than you'd think, says New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
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The Punchline

Time to unwrap the presidency

by Richard Core
Dec 29, 2008
In this time of crisis we have not one, but two presidents on the case. One is addressing the issues, while the other is unveiling his portrait. Do...
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