But Trump’s flurry of first-day activity threatens an expansion of executive power that critics have unsuccessfully sought to staunch since the tenure of President Richard M. Nixon, observers say.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives On Jan. 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been ... Vietnam War came to an official end at 5:53 p.m ...

Richard M. Nixon became the 37th President of the United States yesterday with a “sacred commitment” to devote himself and his office to the cause of peace. The grocer’s son from the small ...

All politicians, even the ones whose goals are honourable, have flaws and unpleasant character traits of greater or lesser consequence. John F Kennedy was a serial womaniser who reportedly told ...

It was Sept. 6, 1960. The Gate City was one of many stops for John F. Kennedy during the Western states tour of his ...

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

There is some precedent. In 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, following Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal. However, Nixon had not been charged or ...

Brandon Nixon is retiring from his roles as CEO and chairman of the video telematics supplier Lytx, the company confirmed Jan. 21. Nixon has been at the company for the past 17 years, most of that ...

Trump, the 45th president of the United States ... embraced civil rights for Black citizens. Richard Nixon started the Environmental Protection Agency, ended the Vietnam War and established ...

He has dominated our politics now for almost a full decade, casting a shadow akin to that of Ronald Reagan or Richard Nixon ... because he wants to be president one day. All other Republicans ...