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Nancy put pressure on hirings and (more often) firings. President Reagan himself was apparently far too nice to personally ever let anyone go. While President Reagan has lost public esteem as a consequence of the Iran-. Contra arms scandal, so have other institutions, including the press. Favorability ... IN RETROSPECT, the record of Ronald Reagan's presidency is increasingly shadowed by three huge scandals. The Reagan administration came to ... Monica Lewinsky Scandal ... President Reagan receives the Tower Commission Report in the Cabinet Room with John Tower and Edmund. 6/15. Credit. Courtesy of the ... The Iran-Contra affair was one of the biggest political scandals during the Cold War and threatened to bring down Reagan's presidency. In 1985, ... As president, Reagan continued in this vein, opposing affirmative action and busing programs while fighting to save tax exemptions for racially ... A second affair occurred between Harding and a young woman he called his niece, which lasted into his presidency. The woman, who was secured a ... The Iran-Contra scandal, as it became known, did serious damage to the Reagan presidency—even though the lengthy investigations it spawned never decisively tied ... Trump also became the nation's first president (sitting or past) to be indicted on federal charges. He was momentarily placed in the custody of ... In March 1981, only two months after swearing the oath of office, President Ronald Reagan was seriously wounded by an assassin's bullet.