The resignation of Richard Nixon was the culmination of two years of swirling controversy that began with a burglary at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in June 1972.

With the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation, Bickers recently reflected on what he believes made Nixon’s resignation a watershed moment in U.S. history, its lasting impact upon American politics, ...

Former President Richard Nixon's son-in-law Ed Cox is for the first time publicly discussing the disgraced prez's resignation over Watergate -- and says it reminds him of how unfairly Donald Trump ...

Partisan polarization is one reason that another Nixon-like presidential resignation is hard to foresee. Back in 1974, more than a few Republicans supported Nixon's removal from office.

When word got out 50 years ago this Thursday that President Richard Nixon would that night be announcing his decision to resign, speechwriter Ken Khachigian furiously hung up the phone on ...

Recognizing the realities, Nixon announced his resignation the next day — of his own accord and not at gunpoint. He left office Aug. 9 and was immediately succeeded by Ford.

The Nixon resignation occurred in a midsummer of misery. The final blow came after the president released the transcript of a series of June 23, 1972, conversations in which it became clear that ...