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Do presidents give federal employees Christmas Eve off?
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter set a high-water mark for one-term presidents in the last 50 years with 534 individual pardons, plus an unspecified number of Vietnam draft dodgers from 1964 to 1973.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety After winding up Gayle King’s birthday surprise, Williams got on the phone with Variety to talk about the song’s 60-year life as a perennial favorite of boyfriends, husbands, doting dads and presidents.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Sure, presidents actually have little control over the economy.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
During his last administration, the president-elect restricted entry from several predominantly Muslim countries that left some international students stranded and prompted hundreds of college presidents to sign an open letter against the ban.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration appointed more public defenders, civil rights attorneys, and labor lawyers than previous presidents, moving away from the traditional dominance of prosecutors and corporate lawyers.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
A number of presidents kept relatives on the White House payroll throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, many as secretaries, aides or unofficial advisers, according to the National Constitution Center.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman are co-presidents of Public Citizen.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter set a high-water mark for one-term presidents in the last 50 years with 534 individual pardons, plus an unspecified number of Vietnam draft dodgers from 1964 to 1973.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety After winding up Gayle King’s birthday surprise, Williams got on the phone with Variety to talk about the song’s 60-year life as a perennial favorite of boyfriends, husbands, doting dads and presidents.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Sure, presidents actually have little control over the economy.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
During his last administration, the president-elect restricted entry from several predominantly Muslim countries that left some international students stranded and prompted hundreds of college presidents to sign an open letter against the ban.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration appointed more public defenders, civil rights attorneys, and labor lawyers than previous presidents, moving away from the traditional dominance of prosecutors and corporate lawyers.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
A number of presidents kept relatives on the White House payroll throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, many as secretaries, aides or unofficial advisers, according to the National Constitution Center.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman are co-presidents of Public Citizen.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Presidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presidents. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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