WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very different ...
Today’s political turbulence is a stark reminder that this nation has successfully endured the shenanigans of those occupying political office and those vying for that privilege. In that regard, ...
The 18 1/2-minute gap on Nixon's Watergate tapes may be solved with science. Aug. 7, 2009— -- When former President Richard M. Nixon waved his famous, awkward goodbye from the door of the ...
ComingSoon is debuting the official teaser trailer for Watergate’s Secrets and Betrayals, a new documentary looking at how the political scandal was prosecuted. It will be released on August 8, 2024, ...
"Who the hell is Ken Dahlberg?" President Richard M. Nixon asked on June 23, 1972, his voice captured on tape in the Oval Office. He would find out soon enough. Without Kenneth Dahlberg, Nixon might ...
In the house where I grew up, President Nixon was a villain. My parents voted against him every opportunity they got, and we all cheered when he resigned during his second term, flying off in ignominy ...
In August 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned after the Supreme Court decided that tapes of presidential conversations were not protected by executive privilege. The tapes thus needed to be ...
Sen. Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson visited Expo ’74 and held a news conference in which he raked President Richard M. Nixon and his advisers over the coals. “I have been terribly disappointed in the ...
The summer of 1973 was my baptism into national politics, as my teenage self was riveted by the legendary saga of Watergate. I watched the months of Justice Department investigations, congressional ...
For those who lived through the 1960s, things today feel familiar. But they differ fundamentally. By Serge Schmemann She was the first woman to serve on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
On Dec. 21, 1970, the King of Rock 'n Roll met the Leader of the Free World, when Elvis Presley visited Pres. Richard M. Nixon in the White House in hopes of being named "Federal Agent at Large" in ...
Hey OnPolitics readers! Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very ...