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The ‘Bleeping’ History of ‘Bleeping’ Presidents

But tirades and harsh language — including overtly racist comments — are no strangers to the corridors of the White House, said Ken Hughes, a University of Virginia historian. Hughes, an author and Nixon scholar, has spent 18 years pouring over President Richard Nixon’s White House tapes as part of the university’s Presidential Recordings Program.

Ken Hughes

Chris Lu discussion of Donald Trump comments

Chris Lu is interviewed on CNN about Donald Trump's profane comments about immigrants

Chris Lu

Lies, leaks and larceny

“Clifford, Halperin and Gelb had some knowledge of two of Nixon’s most damaging Vietnam secrets: the Chennault Affair and the secret bombing of Cambodia,” said Miller Center scholar Ken Hughes, author of “Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate” published by the UVA Press.

Ken Hughes

Donald Trump to undergo medical exam – but it won’t include psychiatric tests Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/10/donald-trump-undergo-medical-exam-wont-include-psychiatric-tests-7218058/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook

But Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, highlighted how past presidents were adept at ‘hiding their medical infirmities’. JFK suffered from debilitating Addison’s Disease, Woodrow Wilson had a stroke, while Ronald Reagan underwent brain surgery to tackle a blood build-up after a fall from a horse.

Barbara Perry

Conservative media face a post-Bannon landscape

Nicole Hemmer, a University of Virginia professor and author of “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics,” said it was “hard to imagine” the site would abandon Trump, and that she expected Breitbart to more or less continue on its current trajectory without Bannon.

Nicole Hemmer

Trump’s checkup comes as chatter about his health lingers

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said, “There’s a long history in the presidency of presidents hiding their medical infirmities, both as candidates and as presidents.”

Barbara Perry