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Three months after Richard M. Nixon became the first president to resign his office, Democrats netted 49 new House seats in the November 1974 congressional elections, a tidal wave that opened the way for a burst of post-Watergate reforms. New limits on campaign contributions, the Ethics in Government Act, the Presidential Records Act, the creation of a legal framework for special prosecutors — all these and more burst out of Congress between 1974 and 1978. Not all those laws succeeded, but m...

They might not be cute and cuddly, but parasites need saving too, scientists say John Metcalfe, The Washington Post Dec. 14, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail This year, the world has faced challenge after challenge. Save the climate. Save democracy. Save human rights. Save the parasites. Yes, parasites: The October edition of the journal Biological Conservation heralded the arrival of a groundbreaking "global parasite conservation plan," in which a dozen scientists from around the planet - people wit...

Parasites may not be cute and cuddly, but they need saving too, scientists say John Metcalfe © Antoine Doré/For The Washington Post This year, the world has faced challenge after challenge. Save the climate. Save democracy. Save human rights. Save the parasites. Yes, parasites: The October edition of the journal Biological Conservation heralded the arrival of a groundbreaking “global parasite conservation plan,” in which a dozen scientists from around the planet — ...

Trump has dragooned a large share of the Republican Party into his effort to overturn the election he lost. In Georgia, that has split the GOP.