Alexander Butterfield oversaw the installation and operation of a voice-activated recording system in the Nixon White House that secretly captured conversations in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room.

Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Offi ...

Alexander Butterfield, the former White House aide whose testimony revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret taping system and changed the course of American history, has died.The ...

Alexander Butterfield, a former top aide to President Richard Nixon whose disclosure of a secret taping system in the White House dramatically shaped the Watergate scandal, ultimately leading to Nixon ...

Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon White House aide who uncovered the Watergate tapes, died at the age of 99.

There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

On March 13, 1968, 320 gallons of VX nerve agent spilled into Skull Valley Utah. The following day, over 6,000 sheep were dead, exposing the Military's use of illegal chemical weapons.

How did we get to a moment when a president could order the serial killing of civilians, publicly share videos of the crimes, and find that the response is little more than a shrug? A still from the ...

Throughout history, Presidents have reshaped the nation’s most symbolic workspace—the Oval Office—to reflect their own taste and style. The White House is currently undergoing its biggest overhaul in ...