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A blindfolded and bound hostage is escorted by four men outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, November 9, 1979. Portrait of Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States, wearing a suit and bow tie, looking directly at the camera. U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks at a White House press conference about the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, gesturing with both hands raised behind a podium with the presidential seal. Hand holding a phone displaying a 2016 Washington Post article titled "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005," with a photo of Donald Trump, Billy Bush, and a woman. Joe Biden and Donald Trump stand at podiums on stage during the CNN Presidential Debate in June 2024, with a blue and red debate backdrop behind them.
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Held hostage
One of the hostages held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran being displayed, blindfolded...
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Warren G. Harding
Despite scandalous rumors during the 1920 president campaign, Republican Warren G....
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President under siege
U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter talks to reporters in November 1979 about the Americans held...
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The Access Hollywood story
On October 7, 2016, The Washington Post published a blockbuster story about...
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Beginning of the end
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden facing each other during a presidential...
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