Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

Weissmann referenced the so-called “ Saturday Night Massacre ” of October 1973, when then-President Richard Nixon fired ...

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The Watergate Cake, or at least its predecessor, hails from the 1950s and 60s, a time when bright pale green foods were all ...

For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our ...

Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard ... m. to buy fresh groceries at the Los Angeles markets ...

For this is the security school funded by the chief “plumber” in the Nixon ... Watergate complex in Washington. The botching of the so- called “third-rate burglary” eventually cost Richard ...

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a loose coalition of ultraconservatives including Steven Bannon, Dasha Nekrasova, ...

Our democracy will survive Trump because of us Northport, L.I.: Re “First-time voters & the new president” (op-ed, Jan. 20): Younger people have told me that Kamala Harris’s defeat felt like 2016 ...

Richard M. Nixon and wife Pat Nixon in 1974 (AP Photo ... (Gus Ruelas/Dail News) Watergate. Folks associated with Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee ...

It’s puzzling to read comments aimed at “Trump ‘haters’.” I wonder if the continuity belies some insecurity. I know I would likely be insecure about my feelings, were they dependent on the latest ...

Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons are a valid use of pardon power. But they break new ground as a shield for those the president ...