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In 2019, we represented an anonymous whistle-blower from the American intelligence community whose disclosures about ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Trump ran on a campaign to explicitly finish the job he started on Jan. 6 and, on his first day in power, he did that as best he could.

Step out to enjoy the winter season in Johnson County with these weekend happenings, from North Liberty's Fire and Ice to a ...

Biden also issued pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in his final hours to guard against ...

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

Before Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in 2021, Donald J. Trump held the record for the country’s oldest commander in chief. He reclaimed the record on Monday.