| 单词 | Watergate scandal |
| 例句 | Dealing with the ever-expanding Watergate scandal was taking all his time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Now, in the Watergate scandal, my father recognized his own dubious behavior during the riots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The complicated chain of events, known as the Watergate scandal, included hush money and destroyed evidence. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat of North Carolina and the chairman of the Senate select committee that investigated the Watergate scandal, in August, 1973. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z As the anniversary of the Watergate scandal’s beginning comes around again — the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters was on June 17, 1972 — investigative journalism’s effectiveness is weakened. Perspective | Journalists can’t repeat their Watergate-hero act. The reasons should make us grieve. 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z President Nixon's secret audio recordings became famous around the world as they eventually led to his downfall - becoming the first American president to resign - over his part in the Watergate scandal. Simpsons star Shearer takes on Nixon 2014-01-30T01:25:36Z He also thought it needed a political subtext that would connect the 1975 film both to the nation's impending bicentennial and to the recent Watergate scandal, which he thought revealed the dysfunction of our democracy. Why Robert Altman's brilliant 'Nashville' never had a sequel 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The fact that Colson was "born again" into evangelical Christianity as he was about to be charged in the Watergate scandal caused much snickering in the press. Watergate felon Charles Colson dies at 80 2012-04-21T21:06:00Z That so-called Watergate scandal was just a little play-acting to cover up the real story, a crucible of horror that would melt the face off any ordinary American. ‘Crooked’ review: Nixon narrates his story in this comic alt-history 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z In 1975 she met Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporter famed for his part in exposing the Watergate scandal, and they married the following year. Nora Ephron 2012-06-27T17:17:21Z The storyline also contains pointed references to the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Nixon and encouraged among Americans both a distrust of politicians and a greater belief in conspiracy theories. 'Your government lies': why the X-Files revival is just right for our climate of extreme scepticism 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z One of those was Carl Bernstein, half of the duo that investigated the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post and contributed to President Nixon’s downfall. Whatever became of the anti-Trump prophets? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Leno told how he was poised to make his network debut on Dean Martin's show in 1974 when news came that President Richard Nixon had resigned in the Watergate scandal. After 22 years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his farewell 2014-02-07T20:58:39Z Her book “Washington Journal,” an eyewitness account of the Watergate scandal supplemented by interviews as the scandal unfolded, was published soon after President Richard M. Nixon resigned in 1974. Book review: ‘Washington Journal,’ reporting Watergate, by Elizabeth Drew Graham famously went on to preside over the publication of the Pentagon Papers and the coverage of the Watergate scandal. We’re still talking about Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball 50 years later. Here’s why. 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But faced with impeachment by the House of Representatives over the Watergate scandal, Nixon announced his resignation in that Thursday night speech. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z In those years, Jack was butting heads with President Carter, a Democrat whom the Watergate scandal helped propel to the White House. 'Poisoning the Press': Jack Anderson, Richard Nixon and a culture of secrecy and scandal 2011-03-23T22:59:06Z But the Watergate scandal marred those dreams for her. From fiscals to footlights for former Apple exec 2014-03-19T21:49:12Z War, economic turmoil, the growing Watergate scandal — all of that would be dealt with in due course. Movie Review: ?Bobby Fischer Against the World,? Documentary - Review 2011-09-08T23:43:53Z By the 1970s, she had met Bernstein, who teamed with fellow Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward on prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon. Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71 2012-06-27T03:28:11Z The sequence is a reminder that other specters were at work in Washington in 1973, as the Watergate scandal increasingly haunted the government. DVDs: The Devil Inside and the Demon in Disguise 2010-10-23T05:00:00Z I watched from abroad at the riots in the States, the bubbling up of the Watergate scandal. How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z One of the most controversial of all US Presidents, Nixon was the only one to resign, in disgrace, in 1974, following the Watergate scandal. All the presidents' libraries 2010-10-26T10:00:00Z But McConnell’s news conference in the wake of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal still came as a surprise to many. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z In early 1973, with the Watergate scandal in full flower and investigative hearings being held on Capitol Hill, Woodward got a curious piece of information from two sources, including the famed “Deep Throat.” The man who knew too much about Richard Nixon 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration for The Washington Post, acted as senior statesmen for their profession with remarks at the podium. ‘We are not fake news’: At a Trump-free correspondents’ dinner, White House press has its say. 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z It offers a narrative of Graham's life through photographs, cartoons, drawings, a newspaper from the Watergate scandal and her handwritten manuscript. Former Washington Post publisher portrait subject 2010-09-29T21:43:00Z The country first learned that the tapes existed during Senate hearings in 1973 that looked into the growing Watergate scandal, which eventually led to Nixon’s departure. Book of Nixon White House Tapes Coming Next Summer 2013-10-15T14:04:49Z America was celebrating the bicentennial and also recovering from the Watergate scandal. Family life 2013-02-23T07:15:01Z Read more about the Watergate scandal’s timeline here. What life was like 50 years ago in America, compared to now in 2022 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z “This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Watergate scandal,” he writes in the article. Robert Redford compares Trump to Nixon in Watergate warning 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z They were groundbreaking for Frost and the ex-president, who was trying to salvage his reputation after resigning from the White House in disgrace following the Watergate scandal three years earlier. David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 2013-09-01T15:31:08Z The six-episode season unpacks how the Watergate scandal unfolded while drawing parallels between that era’s political landscape and the present. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Outlander’ and ‘Last Week Tonight’ 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z On the newscasts, their showdown upstages the Vietnam War and the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in what would become the Watergate scandal. 'Pawn Sacrifice' film captures chess drama of Fischer-Spassky face-off 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z For many, they were an anodyne to the disillusionment of the Watergate scandal and the war in Vietnam, and they made Mr. Jakes one of the nation’s most popular writers. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Holed up in his San Clemente, Calif., property with the handful of aides who helped draft his 1978 memoir, “RN,” Nixon had to contend with litigation stemming from the Watergate scandal. Presidential Memoirs Don’t Always Take This Long to Write 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z It was hard not to think about key moments of the Watergate scandal, not long before Richard Nixon’s disgraced resignation from the presidency. Perspective | This is the moment all of Trump’s anti-media rhetoric has been working toward 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The Seventies A new installment of this docu-series recalls the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon. Thursday's TV highlights: 'Mistresses' and more 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Between the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, the time was ripe for cynical material. "He did not suffer fools": Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Nixon accepted responsibility for the Watergate scandal, acknowledging that he had “let the American people down.” How Richard Nixon Became an Accidental Archivist 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z On June 17, 1972, the Watergate scandal began when five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. What life was like 50 years ago in America, compared to now in 2022 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z But they're the ones who, for all their bungling, catch the White House plumbers in Messina's own Watergate scandal. Much Ado About Nothing – review 2013-06-15T23:06:00Z It may have been marred by the Watergate scandal, but it’s spectacular: bold, midcentury modern design filled with gold, glamour, and the best whisky bar in the city. Eyes on the prize: on the civil rights trail in Washington DC 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Indeed, he concludes that Ford’s genial Midwestern decency was just what the country needed in the wake of Nixon’s excesses and the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z A former senator from Tennessee whose long career in Washington included a key role in rebuilding the Republican Party after the Watergate scandal. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In addition to creating a definitive historical record of how the Watergate scandal unfolded, “The Nixon Defense” resolves some major unsettled questions. In ‘The Nixon Defense,’ John W. Dean Returns to Watergate 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Part of that effort involved explaining Ford’s rationale for pardoning predecessor Richard M. Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The year 1973 had been a rough one for the United States, what with the ongoing Watergate scandal and the energy crisis and gas rationing. From “phreaks” to Apple: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s “eureka!” moment 2013-02-16T14:00:00Z The latter has a noteworthy historical precedent, of course, in the famous Nixon tapes whose existence were revealed during testimony — televised, we should add — related to the Watergate scandal. Omarosa won’t save us from Trump: Stop hitching your hope to the stars 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It was based on the book by Washington Post investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the Watergate scandal, which brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency. 'All the President's Men' is back in a star-studded L.A. script reading and 'West Wing' reunion 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, the Watergate scandal gave Mr. Russell a windfall of gags for a series of comedy albums and stand-up one-liners. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Like many of her generation, she was inspired by The Washington Post's celebrated coverage of the Watergate scandal. A Hong Kong hangout for journalists stands up for press freedom amid protests and pandemic 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z It says that the use of the term “equating current controversies with the 1973-74 Watergate scandal carries polemical overtones. . . . If a writer considers a more recent episode comparable, the case should be made straightforwardly.” ‘Spygate’? The mainstream news media has a few problems with that phrase. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “That Championship Season,” which was first staged at the Public Theater before moving to Broadway, made its debut on the eve of the Watergate scandal. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z Says Bob Woodward, who along with Carl Bernstein did the reporting for The Washington Post that helped ignite the Watergate scandal more than 42 years ago. DeflateGate ... or Ballghazi? Will the new scandal suffix have staying power? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Graham led The Post through the 1971 publishing of the Pentagon Papers, which told the history of the Vietnam War through secret government documents, and coverage of the Watergate scandal. USPS honors former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham with a new stamp 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Following the Watergate scandal, he resigned to avoid impeachment in 1974. Far from unimpeachable 2010-06-03T11:40:00Z Then again, the movie won best picture amid the Watergate scandal, so … maybe? Review: Con Men in Tap Shoes Lay Down ‘The Sting’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The tone grows more serious as the scale of the Watergate scandal becomes clear and the possibility and then inevitability of the administration's collapse sinks in. Nixon's White House – caught on Super 8 2013-06-13T15:00:01Z It also became the nickname for a source who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigate the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. "Deep Throat" porn actor Harry Reems dies after turbulent life 2013-03-21T12:22:13Z Now an associate editor at The Washington Post, Woodward teamed in the 1970s with fellow Post reporter Carl Bernstein on the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal. Woodward book to be called 'Obama's Wars' 2010-09-07T16:33:00Z The account of two young Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal, leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales 2011-07-27T11:26:31Z Leon Neyfakh was a Slate staff writer in 2017 when he hosted the first season of “Slow Burn,” a meticulous examination of the Watergate scandal. Podcasting Is Booming. Will Hollywood Help or Hurt Its Future? 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Frost is most famous for a 1977 interview during which Nixon apologized for the Watergate scandal - when his Republican party staff bugged the opposition Democrats' offices. Pioneering British broadcaster David Frost dies of a heart attack 2013-09-01T11:04:28Z But these tapes testify more convincingly that the Watergate scandal and cover-up distracted the president and sapped his strength. ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The film was a household name, even before its bizarre and rather arbitrary connection to the Watergate scandal, with which the term “Deep Throat” is now more popularly associated. My dad, the pornographer: How “Deep Throat” forever changed my childhood 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Over almost 30 hours of interviews with Nixon, who resigned three years earlier in disgrace over the Watergate scandal, Frost pressed the ex-president to acknowledge and apologize for his wrongdoing in office. David Frost’s Most Memorable Interviews 2013-09-02T02:01:39Z Once the city’s dominant paper, the Star was rapidly losing subscribers as The Post rose in prominence during the Watergate scandal that led President Richard M. Nixon to resign in 1974. Diana McLellan, who dished Washington gossip with verve, dies at 76 In conversations with reporters, it’s not unusual to hear her compared unfavorably to Ron Ziegler, President Nixon’s press secretary, whose reputation was shredded by the Watergate scandal. What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “Would you mind spending the day with me?” asked Bob Woodward, whose reporting with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal helped topple Nixon’s presidency and won a Pulitzer for The Washington Post. The man who knew too much about Richard Nixon 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z A little later, in the November 12th issue, in a summary of the Watergate scandal, Schell wrote: In Trump, Echoes of Nixon’s Constitutional Crisis 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Are we to believe that an intrepid correspondent who reported from Vietnam and stared down President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal experiences butterflies in a 390-seat playhouse? Perspective | Listen in as Dan Rather anchors the story of his own highly theatrical life 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z This vaporous, apparently made-up offense, according to Trump, is the political crime of the century — and, heck, last century too, because he claims that it makes the 1970s Watergate scandal look like child’s play. Perspective | The media is helping Trump turn the bogus ‘Obamagate’ into the 2020 version of Clinton’s emails 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z This sort of spyware is typically sold to governments for legitimate intelligence operations, however there are concerns it has been abused, as is claimed to have happened in the case of the Greek Watergate scandal. Intellexa: Irish-linked spyware used in 'brazen attacks' - report 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Their reign was interrupted only by the Watergate scandal. Kevin Phillips, strategist who forecast rising Republican power, dies at 82 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The movie chronicles President Richard Nixon’s downfall from the Watergate scandal. Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday celebration moved to Saturday to avoid federal shutdown threat 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z If he carries out that threat, it would represent a politicization of the Justice Department unmatched since the Watergate scandal half a century ago. Column: Trump has a second-term agenda, and it's more terrifying than ever 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The route was at one point named after President Nixon, but the name was dropped after the Watergate scandal. This L.A. freeway is the butt of many jokes. Can it have new life as parks and housing? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z The ’60s — politically, culturally, socially — arguably didn’t begin until the assassination of JFK a year later, then lasted until the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z With respect to the threat to the rule of law and American democracy, Nixon's Watergate scandal pales in comparison to Trump's failed coup. Outlaw lawyers and outlaw presidents: A brief history of legal perfidy 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Though a Justice Department memo is not legally binding, its Office of Legal Counsel argued in summer 1974, in the context of the Watergate scandal engulfing President Nixon, that a president could not pardon himself. Trump says he was ‘given an option’ to pardon himself, but declined 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z "Of course we did," said Ehrlichman, who served a year and a half in prison for his high-ranking role in the Watergate scandal. Rescheduling marijuana is the wrong approach. It should be descheduled entirely 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z He is the first White House chief of staff since the Watergate scandal, and the first former member of Congress, to be found in contempt of Congress. Folks, the wait was worth it: Donald Trump is going to prison 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But trust in institutions has declined precipitously, starting around the time of the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s. Poll: California voters agree political disinformation is a big problem. But how to fix it? 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal, the government handled the most sensitive cases by appointing independent counsels. Explainer: US special counsels work with independence and a spotlight 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Americans learned this lesson during Nixon's Watergate scandal when lawyers aided and abetted the disgraced 37th president's crimes. A crisis of lawyering: DOJ must act now 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Those charged in the Watergate scandal were tried in Washington. Donald Trump wants his election subversion trial moved out of Washington. That won’t be easy 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Mr. McCarthy compared him to President Richard M. Nixon, whose elaborate cover-up in the Watergate scandal led to his resignation. McCarthy, Pressured by the Right, Escalates Talk of Impeaching Biden 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Published as the Watergate scandal unfolded in 1973, it urged the president’s impeachment after the break-in at the Democratic headquarters in Washington and the subsequent White House cover-up. James Reston Jr., Author With a Hand in Nixon Apology, Dies at 82 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The organization was founded by the late Chuck Colson, a former Nixon aide who served time in prison for crimes related to the Watergate scandal 50 years ago. Free Bibles, study materials reach prisoners via online portal for chaplains, Prison Fellowship says 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The purpose of the crime did not come to light until the Watergate scandal began to bloom. Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The modern era for the Justice Department traces back to the Watergate scandal and the period of government reforms that followed President Richard M. Nixon’s abuses. The Radical Strategy Behind Trump’s Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “He kind of was like a rallying cry for America,” Claiborne President Walker Hancock said, invoking the era of Richard Nixon, the Watergate scandal and the end of the Vietnam War. Secretariat’s legend rolls on like, well, a tremendous machine 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In fall 1972, as the Watergate scandal was taking off, Snyder personally lobbied Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for a book on their groundbreaking journalism, what became “All the President’s Men.” Richard Snyder, ‘warrior-king’ of publishing who presided over rise of Simon & Schuster, dead at 90 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The existence of the recording reminded some former prosecutors of Nixon's penchant for recording his conversations — which ultimately led to his downfall during the Watergate scandal. Legal experts compare Trump to Nixon over secret tapes — and key aide gave DOJ even more evidence 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z That law, enacted in 1978 after the Watergate scandal, gave control of presidential records to the government itself — not to individual presidents. Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Since 2017 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Bernstein and his colleague Bob Woodward were the reporters at the heart of the Watergate scandal and the fall of President Nixon in 1972. Woodward and Bernstein: Watergate reporters warn of the limitations of AI 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The law, enacted in 1978 after the Watergate scandal, gave control of presidential records to the government itself — not to individual presidents. Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z They also broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee, setting the stage for the Watergate scandal that ultimately drove Nixon from the White House. A dying Daniel Ellsberg talks about Discord and the power of leaks 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z An ethics law passed after the Watergate scandal requires justices and other federal officials to disclose most gifts to the public. Democrats warn John Roberts: If you don’t hold Clarence Thomas accountable, we will 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In some ways, Mr. Biden faces the challenge that President Gerald R. Ford did when he decided to pardon his predecessor, Richard M. Nixon, in the Watergate scandal. Trump Flourishes in the Glare of His Indictment 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z In 1974, Richard Nixon may well have avoided criminal charges on obstruction of justice or bribery, related to the Watergate scandal, only because President Gerald Ford pardoned him just weeks after Nixon resigned the presidency. Donald Trump isn’t first ex-president to face legal trouble 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Richard M. Nixon faced almost certain indictment after the Watergate scandal forced his resignation in 1974, but his successor and former vice president, Gerald Ford, pardoned him. Trump indictment marks a first for U.S. democracy. It may not be the last. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Mitchell was eventually convicted of conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon. Mug shot as a political boost? Some politicians have tried 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z There were 36 guilty verdicts or guilty pleas associated with the Watergate scandal two years after the break-in. Yes, Donald Trump has committed many crimes — but that's not why he faces prosecution 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Many historians believe Richard Nixon would have been charged over the Watergate scandal had his successor, Gerald Ford, not pardoned him. Donald Trump Indicted 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He was a fixture at the Shoreham Hotel’s Marquee Lounge in Washington when the Watergate scandal launched him to broader prominence. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Richard M. Nixon was pardoned by his successor, Gerald R. Ford, a month after resigning, sparing him any prosecution in the Watergate scandal. A President Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy Is Tested 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z That notion, he added, had solidified in the years after the Watergate scandal, when it was revealed how Richard M. Nixon had tried to target his rivals. Trump Says the Justice System Has Been Weaponized. He Would Know. 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z He likened the situation to the Watergate scandal that doomed Richard Nixon’s presidency. Race record trails ‘wild card’ prosecutor in Louisiana death 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z House in 1974, knocking off the incumbent Republican in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Former US Rep. John Jenrette, jailed in Abscam scandal, dies 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Nixon's paranoia, prejudices, and abnormally reserved disposition have been zealously analyzed by scholars hoping to therein discover the genesis of the Watergate scandal. Thoughtful pragmatist or unhinged bigot? Why experts are rethinking Nixon's psychopathology 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z But during President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal, and again after President Bill Clinton’s scandal with Monica Lewinsky, politically appointed lawyers at the office said that prosecutors could not charge presidents with crimes. Biden Promised to Revisit Presidential Immunity. He Hasn’t. 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z It was a decidedly anti-Washington time after disgraced President Nixon’s Watergate scandal and years of protests against the Vietnam War. COLUMN: Jimmy Carter was good fit for post-Watergate America 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z He went on to defeat then-President Gerald R. Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z He went on to defeat Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after entering hospice 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home and abroad, a promise that resonated with voters eager for change following the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle Soviet Union 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Ask it, “When did Tom Hanks break the Watergate scandal?” and it says the question is “based on a false and inaccurate premise.” Review | Trying Microsoft’s new AI chatbot search engine, some answers are uh-oh 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The next big find during the Watergate scandal was the existence of secret White House tapes, which Nixon at first refused to release, saying they belonged to him. Presidential papers have long been turning up in unexpected places 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Former President Donald Trump has found a new foe in court -- the same journalist that broke the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal and who Trump talked to nearly two dozen times over eight months. Trump sues Bob Woodward for $50 million in damages for releasing audio of his interviews 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The anticipated protests were a bust, however, mostly because they were disrupted by a massive police-military buildup ordered by Attorney General John Mitchell, later to become infamous for his role in the Watergate scandal. Brazil, Peru, Germany and Jan. 6: Not all attempted coups are the same 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z An anti-communist, he found Richard Nixon’s behavior in the Watergate scandal less objectionable that Bill Clinton’s alleged perjury following allegations about his relationship with a White House intern. Paul Johnson, U.K. historian and champion of Thatcher, dies 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “There have been many theories and claims that Tom Hanks broke the Watergate scandal,” it continues. Review | Trying Microsoft’s new AI chatbot search engine, some answers are uh-oh 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Congress enacted the law enabling the appointment of independent counsels after the Watergate scandal, when President Richard M. Nixon ordered the dismissal of the Watergate prosecutor in what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre. What Is a Special Counsel and What Can They Do? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z That was true in 1980, when Ronald Reagan rose from the damage of the Watergate scandal and a divisive 1976 Republican primary battle to usher in 12 years of Republican rule in the White House. McCarthy speaker battle shows a party still incoherent, ungovernable 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But six months earlier, a team of White House agents were arrested trying to break into Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, lighting the fuse on the Watergate scandal that would lead to Nixon’s demise. After Biden’s wife died in a crash 50 years ago, Richard Nixon called 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z He chronicled history-shaping topics such as the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal. Milton Viorst, writer who explored Mideast affairs, dies at 92 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The crash, a tragedy in its own right, quickly became something more: a source of conspiracy theories and a catalyst that helped bring the Watergate scandal to its conclusion. A plane crash 50 years ago changed the course of U.S. history 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z He covered the civil rights movement, traveled to Southeast Asia to report on the Vietnam War, and chronicled the Watergate scandal for an Italian readership better acquainted than Americans with government instability. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Liddy, a lifelong Republican, is the son of G. Gordon Liddy, the lawyer who devised the botched burglary that led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. Leaked call shows clash between Kari Lake campaign and Maricopa County 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Two years later, on Aug. 9, 1974, facing impeachment over the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned from the presidency in disgrace. After Biden’s wife died in a crash 50 years ago, Richard Nixon called 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal, special prosecutor Archibald Cox was named to investigate President Richard M. Nixon; after Watergate, which included Nixon’s firing of Cox, Congress passed the independent counsel statute. Opinion | Should Garland appoint a Trump special counsel? The best cases — and an answer. 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z What’s clear, though, is the influence the crash had on the arc of the Watergate scandal. A plane crash 50 years ago changed the course of U.S. history 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Circuit ruled in 1974 that a Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal could not force Nixon, then the sitting president, to turn over tapes of his Oval Office conversations. Trump Could Harness Unresolved Legal Issues to Resist Jan. 6 Panel’s Subpoena 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z This is why a politician with partisan appeal but no strong cult of personality can be reined in by their own side if they excessively abuse their power, like Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. When does a political movement become a cult? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Two decades later, Nixon cited Truman when he refused to appear before the congressional committees investigating the Watergate scandal or to comply with a special counsel subpoena demanding tapes of White House conversations. The presidents and ex-presidents subpoenaed before Trump 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Past recipients include a who’s who of American journalism, including Watergate scandal reporter Bob Woodward from The Washington Post, former New York Times reporter James Risen and former Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker. AP journalists honored for courage in documenting Mariupol 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z However, it's worth recalling that public opinion as the Watergate scandal was unfolding did not reflect the extent to which President Nixon's legacy would suffer as a result. Expert: Jan. 6 committee may recommend Trump charges — but full impact could take years 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court first said that the Constitution implicitly gives presidents some power to keep their confidential communications secret in President Richard M. Nixon’s legal fights during and after the Watergate scandal. Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago Inquiries Converge in Fights Over Executive Privilege 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z On May 20, 1972, just a month before the start of the Watergate scandal that would topple his administration, Nixon signed the order. Tlingit tribal member shares story of helping Yakamas get Mount Adams back 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal, some Nixon administration officials lost their law licenses, but those actions generally occurred in the aftermath of criminal prosecutions. Opinion | The curious case of the strange man who was nearly attorney general 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z What happened after the trial was almost certainly of greater significance to the unraveling of the Watergate scandal than the trial itself. Earl J. Silbert, Lead Prosecutor of Watergate Break-in, Dies at 86 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It is a law Congress enacted in 1978 after the Watergate scandal, when control of former President Richard M. Nixon’s White House files had been a subject of dispute. Trump’s ‘Muddled’ Claims About the Presidential Records Act, Explained 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal originated in the break-in of Democratic headquarters during Nixon’s reelection campaign. Perspective | The unsung virtues of a one-term presidency 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z President Richard M. Nixon didn’t have time to sit for a portrait before he resigned in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal. The presidents who hated their presidential portraits 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z With respect to both the Watergate scandal and the entirely hypothetical Obama case, the fundamental argument for holding the powerful parties accountable would be quite the opposite. Crimes of the powerful: Why the Mar-a-Lago "special master" decision is so dreadful 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z That law was enacted after Nixon resigned from office in the midst of the Watergate scandal and sought to destroy hundreds of hours of secretly recorded White House tapes. America’s secrets: Trump’s unprecedented disregard of norms 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Nixon, who was driven out of office during the Watergate scandal, was more popular by the time he died in 1994 than when he resigned 20 years earlier. Column: Remember when we thought George W. Bush was the worst president ever? 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The political firestorm has revealed the machinations of a central but overlooked part of American democracy — pulling back the curtain on record-keeping practices enshrined into law in 1978 following the Watergate scandal. Inside Trump’s war on the National Archives 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z In a speech on August 5, 1974, Nixon, pleading a poor memory, accepted blame for the Watergate scandal. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z These concerns reached a high point in the late 1970s as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal prompted the public to a fever pitch of skepticism about government itself. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z For Mr. Mathias, it meant an abiding support for civil rights and fearless criticism of the Watergate scandal and his party’s president, Richard M. Nixon. Opinion | The once-proud Maryland GOP marginalizes itself by parroting Trump’s lies 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The recovery of the boxes raised questions about Trump's adherence to presidential records laws enacted after the 1970s Watergate scandal that require Oval Office occupants to preserve records related to administration activity. Trump signed law making mishandling of classified info a felony — now it may come back to haunt him 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z When Nixon resigned, he made plans to destroy White House records, including the Oval Office tapes that had become central to the Watergate scandal. Inside Trump’s war on the National Archives 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Nixon’s resignation, which took effect the next day, did not make the Watergate scandal vanish. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He is the last member of the Democratic congressional wave of 1974, elected after the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in the Watergate scandal. Becca Balint wins Vermont House primary, with the backing of Senator Bernie Sanders. 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Like Gump, a good-hearted simpleton, who travels through milestones in US history - the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal - Chaddha's life takes him through the cultural and political turnpikes of 20th-Century India. Laal Singh Chaddha: How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Leahy is the last of a wave of Democrats elected to Congress in 1974 after the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon over the Watergate scandal. There will be a changing of the guard in Vermont’s congressional delegation. 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Nixon, the Supreme Court ordered then-President Richard Nixon to turn over tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court in connection with the Watergate scandal. Nikola seeks to quash subpoena from founder Milton for his criminal case 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z One by one, disgraced former members of the administration confessed, or denied, their role in the Watergate scandal. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “The Watergate scandal was like a Cub Scout meeting compared to this assault.” Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to Justice Dept. over possible witness tampering 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Nick Akerman, a former federal prosecutor who investigated the Watergate scandal, noted that it is irrelevant that Hutchinson’s testimony might not hold up in a criminal proceeding. The Jan. 6 committee bet big with Cassidy Hutchinson. Did it pay off? 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Another well-known former White House counsel, who did ultimately testify to Congress about his role in the coverup of the Watergate scandal, said he believes Cipollone has a moral imperative to cooperate with the committee. Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z As the committee has held a series of public hearings, few Republicans have surfaced to defend Trump’s actions, which increasingly drew comparisons to President Richard Nixon’s actions during the Watergate scandal 50 years ago. Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The hearings have been compared to the Watergate scandal, so it should be noted that Penn starred as former President Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, in the new Starz series “Gaslit.” Oscar winner Sean Penn attends Jan. 6 hearing on Capitol Hill 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal featured large sums of money, much of it in cash, clandestinely raised from individuals, corporate donors and foreign sources, and delivered to Nixon’s political operation. Opinion | Why Watergate-era campaign finance laws have failed 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z A half-century after the Watergate scandal, members of its investigating committee warned that the Jan. 6 panel has a more difficult task. Summer Begins 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Then there were the Republicans who put politics aside to oppose Richard Nixon as the Watergate scandal unfolded. Cynical Republicans want to know: What’s Liz Cheney getting out of this? 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal began 50 years ago this month, and so did a golden age of political humor. Watergate scandal ushered in a golden age of comedy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z On the other hand, many people initially thought the Watergate scandal was a nonstarter. The Jan. 6 committee report feels like a ’70s rerun. Here's why it's definitely not 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z After John Dean gave his historic 1973 testimony on the Watergate scandal that eventually brought down the Nixon White House, he wanted to move on with his life. 50 years after the Watergate break-in, John Dean relives the scandal that changed his life 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z As the Watergate scandal wore on, the administration repeatedly tried to cover up the burglary and wiretapping scheme. Alfred Baldwin, chief Watergate eavesdropper and lookout, is dead at 83 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Nixon didn’t need to see the career-ending fallout from the Watergate scandal to know that the truth has a way of emerging. Richard Nixon’s message to Kevin McCarthy: The truth always comes out 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z But the Watergate scandal had overtones of a Keystone Kops comedy. Watergate scandal ushered in a golden age of comedy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It dates back to the era just after the Watergate scandal. Column: If Rick Caruso wants to buy L.A.’s mayoral election, that’s OK with the Supreme Court 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The law was passed in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, when a collection of secret tapes that President Richard Nixon had considered destroying played a defining role. EXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Crowley, a top official in Trump’s Treasury Department, had been an aide to former president Richard M. Nixon years after he resigned from office in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal. Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z House of Representatives to help lead an investigation of President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Bernard Nussbaum, embattled White House counsel under Clinton, dies at 84 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z During the nadir of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, President Richard Nixon hit the bottle hard — to the point that the American security establishment was scared that he might drunkenly cause an international incident. How nuclear weapon safeguards work — or fail 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z “Although conceived as an exhibition to look at the Watergate scandal on its 50th anniversary, this show feels timely and relevant to today’s political issues and debates.” Smithsonian to mark Watergate 50th anniversary with political art show 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z McGovern lost in a landslide to Nixon, who later resigned the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Walter R. Mears, Pulitzer-winning reporter featured in classic book on campaign journalists, dies at 87 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Beyond doubt, the Watergate scandal involved the most extensive and the most serious violations of public trust in the nation’s history. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z While he was probing the Watergate scandal, he listened to Nixon’s Oval Office tapes with then-White House counsel John W. Dean, whose dramatic testimony before a Senate committee helped lead to Nixon’s resignation. Bernard Nussbaum, embattled White House counsel under Clinton, dies at 84 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Coming from the president who kept an enemies list and would later be undone by the Watergate scandal, those words sound disingenuous in hindsight. Sparkling diplomacy: How a California wine may have helped thaw Cold War relations 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Haldeman, who meticulously stage-managed events but would be disgraced along with Nixon in the Watergate scandal, which began to unfold four months later. China was a brutal communist menace. In 1972, Richard Nixon visited, anyway. 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Nixon, embroiled in the Watergate scandal at home and a war in Vietnam, was seeking to isolate the Soviet Union and exit the prolonged and bloody war that had divided American society. 50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z As the Watergate scandal began to unfold in 1973, the Senate created that committee. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The Presidential Records Act, which requires the preservation of White House documents, was passed in 1978 after the Watergate scandal, when a collection of secret tapes played a defining role. Trump’s stash of documents shows ‘fragile’ historical record 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z There are several issues potentially at play, including the Presidential Records Act, which was enacted in 1978 after former President Richard Nixon wanted to destroy documents related to the Watergate scandal. A look at issues surrounding Trump and presidential records 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Politicians have routinely promised to restore trust in Washington, but it remains a scarce commodity ever since the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. Looking for evidence? Trust us, Biden administration says 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z After a stint in the Justice Department's antitrust division, he worked under his former professor Archibald Cox, special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal that led President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974. U.S. Justice Breyer fortified abortion rights, doubted death penalty 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The many-sided and sordid Watergate scandal brought President Nixon’s downfall. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon declined to invoke it to block his aides’ testimony concerning discussions of possible criminal conduct before a Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal. In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Allows Release of Jan. 6 Files 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z There wouldn’t have been Nixon’s psychotic Watergate scandal that further soured Americans against their government. Thanks to Newsom, Sirhan will remain where he belongs — prison 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The hacking revelations have rocked Poland, drawing comparisons to the 1970s Watergate scandal in the United States and eliciting calls for an investigative commission in parliament. Polish senator sues party leader over surveillance remarks 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The revelations have rocked Poland, drawing comparisons to the 1970s Watergate scandal in the United States and eliciting calls for an investigative commission in parliament. Polish leader admits country bought powerful Israeli spyware 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Of course, that pardon referred to the Watergate scandal. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The revelations have rocked Poland, drawing comparisons to the 1970s Watergate scandal in the United States and eliciting calls for an investigation and accountability. Rights group verifies Polish senator was hacked with spyware 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z In 1974 — the year of a Democratic electoral wave that followed the Watergate scandal — he ran for an open U.S. Harry M. Reid, pugnacious Senate majority leader, dies at 82 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In 1977, as lawmakers pursued reforms following the Watergate scandal, the Supreme Court rejected former president Richard M. Nixon’s attempt to stop the release of White House tapes and documents. Trump asks Supreme Court to withhold records from House Jan. 6 committee 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Nixon declined to invoke it to block his aides’ testimony concerning discussions of possible criminal conduct before a Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Jan. 6 Records 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z President Nixon’s second term in office was cut short by the Watergate scandal. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Aug: 9, 1974: President Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign after the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment over the Watergate scandal. Timeline of NBA in 1970s as league celebrates 75th season 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Democrats were in the minority in the Assembly, but, fueled by the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the party regained control of the chamber in 1974, a majority they have held ever since. A Champion of Liberal Causes in New York to Retire After 52 Years 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z After Nixon won re-election in 1972 and the Watergate scandal was closing in, he dumped Mr. Dole as party chairman, saying the senator was too independent. Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The Kansan was rewarded for his loyalty with the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee in 1971, before Nixon’s presidency collapsed in the Watergate scandal. Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z He fell into the political circle around Nixon and was Republican national chairman during the height of the Watergate scandal. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and a century a leading figure and force in American politics, has died 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z In 1974, Ford faced an annual inflation rate of more than 12 percent after taking over the presidency in August, when President Richard Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford responded to an inflation crisis with a voluntary public campaign. It was a disaster. 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The last successful prosecution for contempt of Congress was in 1974 when a judge found guilty G. Gordon Liddy, a conspirator in the Watergate scandal that drove President Richard Nixon to resign. Trump adviser Bannon to face criminal charges for stonewalling Capitol riot probe 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Judge Chutkan asked at one point in the hearing, citing a famous line from the Watergate scandal that ended the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. Judge Questions Trump’s Grounds for Keeping Jan. 6 Documents Secret 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But after the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, his career picked up again. Mort Sahl: Legendary comedian and satirist dies at age 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z But the Nixon administration and ensuing Watergate scandal provided a new trove of material and helped turn the tide for Sahl. Revolutionary comic Mort Sahl has died 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z In 1974, the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was enacted to prevent the destruction of President Richard Nixon's materials in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Post-Watergate laws and executive orders may not let Trump keep his papers away from investigators 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal in 1974, the Supreme Court upheld an order requiring President Richard M. Nixon to turn over his Oval Office tapes. House Finds Bannon in Contempt for Defying Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoena 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z At the Justice Department, meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland has spoken of restoring the norms established by Edward H. Levi, the attorney general in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Advocates worry Biden is letting U.S. democracy erode on his watch 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z At the Justice Department, meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland has spoken of restoring the norms established by Edward Levi, the attorney general in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Activists want Biden to do more to counter GOP on voting rights, false election claims 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z This policy was put in place after the Watergate scandal. Here are 6 key findings from Senate Judiciary's report on Trump election interference 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Harrelson has been in Washington shooting an HBO series called “The White House Plumbers,” about the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal and the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office building. Woody Harrelson involved in altercation at Watergate Hotel, police say 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z After all, people had found ways to come together even after the Civil War’s conflagration over race and slavery and after the generational and social conflict of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. After Pearl Harbor and 9/11, Americans came together. Have we lost that capacity? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Specifically, Schlesinger and Brown were worried that Nixon would start a nuclear war to stay in power as he became increasingly under siege in the Watergate scandal. Here's the real crime Gen. Milley exposed: the cowardice of Senate Republicans 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z And Nixon’s psychotic Watergate scandal made citizens even more cynical and distrustful of the American government. Will Newsom release Bobby Kennedy's killer? Not likely 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He resigned after “his suspected involvement in the Watergate scandal,” notes a biography published by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum — which can be found at NixonLibrary.gov. Trump’s poll numbers creep up 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z In 1976, that was the antidote to the Watergate scandal, Nixon’s resignation and the dynamics that lingered from Vietnam and the civil rights era. Jimmy Carter, trounced in 1980, gets fresh look from history 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z She gave them a brief history of the Watergate scandal, explained how the “gate” suffix was a way to signify a major controversy and provided other examples: Iran-Contragate, Monicagate. Perspective | When it comes to scandals, this ‘-gate’ doesn’t always swing both ways 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal is so well known that subsequent scandals often just have “-gate” tacked onto the end. 5 binge-worthy road trip podcasts | Provided by CarLotz 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z But as the Watergate scandal began to disrupt the White House in 1973, Mr. Rumsfeld was named ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z After Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal, Rumsfeld was named first as Gerald Ford's transition chairman then as his chief of staff. Obituary: Donald Rumsfeld 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Just as lawyers who participated in the Watergate scandal were held to account, so too should former president Donald Trump’s lawyers pay a price if they engaged in illegal or unethical conduct. Opinion | As the Giuliani case goes forward, courts should think deeply about the First Amendment 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z In November, Nixon proposed a domestic energy production program called Project Independence, but was too consumed by the emerging Watergate scandal to really focus on it. Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden isn’t Jimmy Carter — and these aren’t the 1970s 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Haldeman, who later went to prison for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, noted in his diary how absolutely joyful the president was that night, given that his address had been positively received. Princely letter: Philip apologized to Nixon for ‘lame’ toast 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Opinions differ about whether the Watergate scandal would have exploded without Mr. Liddy. G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Opinions differ about whether the Watergate scandal would have exploded without Liddy. G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z It must be noted here that Ford's presidency was something of a mixed bag, starting with his decision to pardon Richard Nixon for the many likely crimes he committed during the Watergate scandal. This president's mom survived a brutal abuser: She's a genuine hero of women's history 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z He did special reports on the Watergate scandal and its fallout, including the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. This week’s passages 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z He did special reports on the Watergate scandal and its fallout, including the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. Roger Mudd, probing TV journalist and network news anchor, dies at 93 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Yet it was another cover-up - the Watergate scandal, a botched burglary by his henchmen to wiretap their political opponents - that destroyed Nixon's presidency. Who truly was the most dishonest president? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Nixon went on to become an expert in the art of the nonapology, as seen in his response to the Watergate scandal. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the death of the public political apology 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Richard Nixon resigned before a near-certain impeachment in the House and conviction on the Senate over the Watergate scandal, which mostly concerned a cover-up of his connection to a burglary at Democratic National Committee headquarters. What connects Trump's two acquittals: The profound danger of the "Dershowitz precedent" 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The clearest historical precedent for the moment in which Biden finds himself may be that of President Gerald Ford seeking to unify the nation after the damaging Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon’s resignation. Did someone say impeachment? Biden avoids wading into debate 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Then-president Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon, ensuring he would not face criminal charges for the wrongdoing of the Watergate scandal, arguing that the country needed to move past a bitterly divisive period. Biden works hard to suggest he’s not paying attention to Trump’s impeachment trial 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Shultz emerged unscathed from the Watergate scandal that enveloped the administration near the end of his tenure. George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Shultz prided himself on his integrity, emerging unscathed when the Watergate scandal consumed Richard M. Nixon’s presidency. George Shultz, former Secretary of State in the 1980s, has died 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Eventually, Woodward recalled, Felt reached a point where he pointed toward the Watergate scandal’s scope because the reporter wasn’t fully grasping it. Bob Woodward on Hal Holbrook in ‘All the President’s Men’: ‘He captured the intensity’ 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z As Deep Throat, Holbrook leaks vital evidence to the journalists investigating the Watergate scandal. Hal Holbrook, All the President's Men star, dies aged 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The Watergate scandal occurred because five burglars were arrested in the Democratic National Committee's Watergate offices during the 1972 presidential election. How should Joe Biden handle Donald Trump's post-presidency? Gerald Ford provides a guide 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The impeachment proceedings stemmed broadly from the Watergate scandal, which started in 1972 when Nixon associates broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The Impeachment Proceedings That Came Before 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached in 1974, as political pressure built over the Watergate scandal. Trump impeachment move: Democrats start push to oust US president 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Within the past half-century, the Watergate scandal tarnished politics as Richard Nixon became the first president to resign. Inequality, racism and polarisation set stage for Trump's 'American carnage' 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal when it became clear he would be removed. Democrats push toward second Trump impeachment, Republican support uncertain 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z American partisanship was extremely vicious in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the Vietnam War in which thousands of Americans died due to government incompetence, a floundering economy, and a gas shortage. How should Joe Biden handle Donald Trump's post-presidency? Gerald Ford provides a guide 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The decision to appoint Judge Garland appeared similar to one that Gerald R. Ford made after the Watergate scandal. Biden Is Said to Pick Merrick Garland as Attorney General 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z In 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon after his resignation in response to the Watergate scandal, and Nixon never faced a criminal trial. Review | Vice President Agnew’s misdeeds, and the challenges of holding him accountable 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z In 2008, W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who’d revealed himself as “Deep Throat” three decades after the Watergate scandal, died in Santa Rosa, Calif., at age 95. Today in History 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z He became a crucial voice on the panel during the Watergate scandal. Paul Sarbanes, senator from Maryland who led overhaul of corporate accounting rules, dies at 87 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z He earned a spot on the House Judiciary Committee, where he drafted the first article of impeachment against Republican President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, The Washington Post reported. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland has died, at 87 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Nixon ultimately resigned in the face of the Watergate scandal and almost certain impeachment and removal from office. Explainer: Can Trump pardon his associates — or himself? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Bernstein, 76, worked with Bob Woodward on the Washington Post’s coverage of the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974. Bernstein names 21 Republican senators who privately expressed contempt for Trump 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z When President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal, he, too, spoke about the need for “healing.” Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump? 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z This was at the height of the Watergate scandal. Opinion | Republican leaders swore an oath to defend the Constitution. That means telling Trump it’s over. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z This reader remembers all too well the dark days of the Watergate scandal. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Winners and losers all around 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z A fourth, Richard Nixon, resigned in the face of near-certain impeachment and removal for his role in the Watergate scandal. Why Clarence Thomas is a clear-cut case for impeachment from the Supreme Court 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Little did Mr. O’Connor know then the role the Watergate scandal would play in his professional career. Attorney for ‘Deep Throat’ says Watergate cover-ups killed objective journalism 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z After Richard Nixon resigned from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal, the Congress set out to create numerous reforms designed to rein in future presidents. Don't let Trump and his minions get away with this — or it will happen all over again 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In November 1974, the first congressional election after the Watergate scandal drove Republican President Richard Nixon from office, Democrats added significantly to their majorities in both houses. Trump’s task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Lifelong G-Man Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, leaks information to the press that helps to uncover the Watergate scandal of 1974. Movies on TV this week: 'Tootsie' on Showtime; 'Halloween' on AMC 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Engulfed by the Watergate scandal, he was about to go on national television and announce that he was resigning. Lillian Brown, Makeup Artist to Nine Presidents, Dies at 106 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z In 1974, after the revelations of the Watergate scandal, Ms. Brown was summoned to the White House to help prepare Nixon for his resignation speech. Lillian Brown, makeup artist and image consultant for nine presidents, dies at 106 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Texas has not voted to elect a Democratic president since 1976, when Jimmy Carter beat incumbent President Gerald Ford by more than 3 percentage points in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. Texas voter registration smashes record as Trump-Biden showdown looms 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “These are two authoritarian personalities who would have a natural affinity for each other,” said Dean, who helped expose the Watergate scandal and is a harsh critic of Trump. Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon ’80s tale 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “I never thought we would see a blow-up from him like this,” said Nick Akerman, a former assistant special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal who called the speech “totally unprecedented.” ‘Totally unprecedented’ Barr broadside puts Justice Department on notice 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Woodward, who broke the Watergate scandal in 1972 and is one of the nation's most respected journalists, interviewed Mr Trump 18 times from December to July. Trump denies minimising Covid risk: I up-played it 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Woodward, known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal, interviewed Mr Trump 18 times from December to July. Trump defends downplaying risks of virus 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Trump made the remarks across a series of 18 taped interviews with Woodward, whose reporting on the Watergate scandal hastened the resignation of former President Richard Nixon. “Homicidal negligence”: Trump admits on tape that he hid "deadly" threat of coronavirus from public 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Bob Woodward, the journalist who broke the Watergate scandal, interviewed Mr Trump 18 times from December to July. New book to say Trump downplayed 'deadly' virus 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z One of most expansive outreach operations is run by Prison Fellowship, founded by the late Charles Colson, a top aide to Richard Nixon who served time for his role in the Watergate scandal. Amid virus lockdowns, prison ministry groups had to adapt 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, he was among the first Republican officeholders to call on President Richard M. Nixon to resign for his role in the Watergate scandal. Slade Gorton, patrician GOP senator from Washington, dies at 92 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It was 46 years ago, on August 8, 1974, that President Richard Nixon — overwhelmed by the Watergate scandal — announced his resignation. 4 reasons why Richard Nixon would be too liberal for the GOP and Trump supporters of 2020 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z In 1975, Gen. Scowcroft resigned his military commission to succeed Kissinger as national security adviser; Nixon had resigned the previous year because of the Watergate scandal, and Ford was now president. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to two presidents, dies at 95 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The FEC was created in the wake of the Watergate scandal to help guard the integrity of our political process. Get a grip on money in politics 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z In 1974, the Senate Watergate Committee proposed sweeping reforms in an effort to prevent another Watergate scandal. Today in History 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z But one president who resisted the use of pardon was Richard Nixon, who privately discussed acts of clemency but never followed through even as many of his associates faced legal trouble during the Watergate scandal. Trump’s defiant help for Stone adds to tumult in Washington 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z With Carl Bernstein, Woodward broke the story of the Watergate scandal, leading to the resignation of Richard Nixon in August 1974. Bob Woodward story on Kavanaugh's veracity 'pulled' during Senate hearings 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z “Bob” Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon’s draconian chief of staff who was forced to resign over the Watergate scandal and spent 18 months in jail. Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to two presidents, dies at 95 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Four years later, the disgraced and disbarred Mitchell would report to a federal prison to begin serving a 19-month sentence for conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Watergate scandal. Perspective | Remembering the protests of 1971, when questionable tactics kept D.C. open 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal, Nixon became the only US president in history to resign, yet it is his ghost with whom Trump is most likely to commune at dead of night. Trump reaches for Nixon playbook after protests that have rocked America 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z In 1974, it unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon must comply with a court’s subpoena for tape recordings in the Watergate scandal. U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to keep his finances secret 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The first, in 1978, provided a detailed analysis of the new federal budget process instituted as a reform after the Watergate scandal that ended Richard M. Nixon’s presidency. Joel Havemann, longtime Times editor in Washington, dies at 76 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z On a Saturday evening in 1973, Nixon infamously ordered his attorney general, Elliot Richardson, to fire the special prosecutor who was investigating the Watergate scandal that eventually led to the president’s resignation. Trump: ‘I learned a lot by watching Richard Nixon’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z In the wake of the Watergate scandal and new disclosure requirements aimed at curbing financial abuses in federal campaign financing, Common Cause saw its membership rolls vault into the hundreds of thousands. Ann McBride Norton, who led Common Cause and championed campaign-finance laws, dies at 75 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z He contributed to coverage of the Watergate scandal before leaving The Post in 1973 to pursue independent writing projects. Nick Kotz, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, dies at 87 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z And, the committee says, beginning with suits pertaining to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, until today, courts “have uniformly held that committees have standing” to seek judicial enforcement. Opinion | Two cases that could help ‘recage the executive lion’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The 1976 Government in the Sunshine Act, passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal, required—with some execeptions—that meetings of federal agencies "be open to public observation." Congress' coronavirus stimulus allows Federal Reserve to hold secret meetings on corporate bailout 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Inspectors general have existed in the military since the country’s founding, but Congress established the position in statute in 1978 in response to Nixon’s abuse of executive power during the Watergate scandal. Trump removes inspector general who was to oversee $2 trillion stimulus spending 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z One player takes on the role of President Nixon, the other, a journalist: Together you relive the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s by drawing cards and trying to outwit each other. Put down that joystick and pick up one of these cool board or card games 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z He left the Nixon administration in September 1969, as many of his antagonists stayed on and became caught up in the Watergate scandal. John Sears, who helped guide Nixon and Reagan to the White House, dies at 79 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Though he was never formally impeached, Richard Nixon was headed toward near-certain impeachment for the Watergate scandal before he resigned from office. Bill Clinton says he had extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky to "manage" his "anxieties" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Find out in “Slow Burn,” a new docu-series based on the hit podcast about the Watergate scandal. What’s on TV This Week: 'Washington,' 'Rocketman' and more 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In the wake of the Watergate scandal, new rules were put in place under the title “White House contacts policy” that severely restrict any communication between the president, his team and justice officials. Roger Stone furore shows 'crisis of credibility' in US justice system, experts warn 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Wednesday was a sad day for America, a tragic bookend to an era of presidential accountability that began with the Watergate scandal. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon was caught on tape using the phrase during the Watergate scandal. Perspective | A fruitless search for a D.C. plaque that once honored a famed Cuban general 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon’s resignation, a three-word phrase became a staple of the political discourse: “The system worked.” On Trump's impeachment, the system faced a test, and it failed 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon was besieged by the Watergate scandal when he took to the podium to address Congressional lawmakers in 1974. State of the Union: 5 bizarre moments during presidential addresses to Congress 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Early in the Watergate scandal, Baker was the back-channel conduit between the Nixon White House and the Senate Watergate Committee, working secretly on his behalf. Lamar Alexander's starring role: Why a retiring Tennessee senator took the fall for Trump 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln delivered a written report during the Civil War, Richard Nixon spoke while embroiled in the Watergate scandal. Trump State of the Union won’t be 1st delivered amid turmoil 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In January 1975, President Gerald R. Ford, who became president following Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal, ruled out any further U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. Vietnam War formally ends: This Day in History 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Ford's big mistake was to pardon Richard Nixon for the Watergate scandal just a month after taking office. One-term presidents: Will Donald Trump end up on this ignominious list? 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The Watergate scandal “was pretty much the point when it became a priority for states to rebuild trust in government institutions, because it had been eroded a bit by what had happened,” Birdsong said. Perspective | It’s not just Trump. Governors are keeping their businesses while in office, too. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Obama was honoring the team's 40th anniversary and making up for the fact the players never got to visit the White House partially because of former President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. Trump honors national champion LSU Tigers at White House 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 with impeachment and conviction considered likely following the Watergate scandal. Pelosi to name House impeachment managers Wednesday, transfer articles to Senate after vote 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z A Fulbright scholar and Oxford graduate, Graham won a Peabody Award, for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, and three Emmy awards. This week’s passages 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z He quit his job in the Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal. Passages: Remembering those we lost in 2019 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Just as the Watergate scandal once spurred ethics reforms across the country, the Trump presidency and similar behavior by governors could do the same soon. Perspective | It’s not just Trump. Governors are keeping their businesses while in office, too. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Graham won a Peabody Award, for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, and three Emmy awards. Fred Graham, pioneering legal affairs journalist, dies at 88 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Richard Nixon resigned before the House could vote to impeach him over the Watergate scandal. Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z There is one notable way in which the Watergate scandal stands in contrast with the Trump-Ukraine scandal today. Impeachment: So what happens now? Your relatively clear guide to a very murky process 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Nixon saw his support steadily erode as details of the Watergate scandal trickled out. Opinion | Why Is Trump Finding More Protection Than Nixon Did? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z As we discussed last week, at the height of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon was running low on friends. The 'don't confuse me with the facts' crowd strikes again 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In 1974, Wall Street dropped and the dollar tumbled when President Richard Nixon was under threat of impeachment over the Watergate scandal. Trump impeachment? History suggests Wall Street need not worry 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency, facing an almost certain impeachment for the Watergate scandal. Protesters Clamor for Trump’s Impeachment on Eve of House Votes 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Their mission was a grim one: Republicans in Congress, having confronted increasingly incriminating evidence the Watergate scandal, were no longer unified behind Nixon. Mitch McConnell wants a show trial — but Democrats don't have to give him one 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He famously quit his job in the Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The president’s annual financial disclosure is required under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, adopted after the Watergate scandal to “promote the integrity of public officials and institutions.” A Great Big Gift Not on Trump’s Disclosure Form: Giuliani’s Legal Advice 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 before the full House could vote on articles of impeachment in the Watergate scandal. House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourns after marathon debate, will vote on articles of impeachment Friday morning 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z At the height of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon was running low on friends. 45 years later, Republicans borrow a page from Earl Landgrebe 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z There's no big push in the modern right to revise the history of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, for instance. Will Republicans be able to wipe Trump's crimes from the history books? 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z In 1972, in the wake of investigative reporting that revealed truths about Vietnam and Nixon’s Watergate scandal, 72% of Americans expressed trust and confidence in the press. Freedom of the press is under siege. We need to rebuild public trust | Robert Reich 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The Watergate scandal chipped away at his popularity, and his approval ratings dropped to 48% by April. ‘Unprecedented’ impeachment battle in election year forces Trump to fight on two fronts 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z After promising Cox the freedom to investigate the Watergate scandal, he said, “What I was requested to do was violate that promise.” William D. Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies at 87 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency and as deputy attorney general before being fired for defying the president in the Watergate scandal, died on Wednesday at the age of 87, U.S. media reported. William Ruckelshaus, who resigned in Watergate's 'Saturday Night Massacre,' dies at 87: U.S. media 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z William Ruckelshaus, the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency who later became a heroic figure for resisting President Richard Nixon’s attempts to cover up the Watergate scandal, has died. William Ruckelshaus, Nixon nemesis who headed EPA, dies at 87 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon faced impeachment and resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal. Democrats to quiz former diplomat Volker over role in Trump-Ukraine dealings 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z On Sunday, she alluded to Nixon’s resignation after the Watergate scandal involving a break-in at Democratic party headquarters and the subsequent cover-up. Pelosi says Trump is welcome to testify in impeachment inquiry, if he chooses 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z She alluded to Nixon’s resignation after the Watergate scandal involving a break-in at Democratic Party headquarters and the subsequent cover-up in a CBS interview broadcast on Sunday. In Trump-Nixon impeachment comparison, Pelosi raises specter of resignation 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z The White House shifted Ruckelshaus in 1973 to acting director of the FBI and then deputy attorney general, plugging gaps as the Watergate scandal engulfed the Nixon administration. William Ruckelshaus, who resigned in Watergate's 'Saturday Night Massacre,' dies at 87: U.S. media 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Ultimately, though, Sideshow Bob’s lies are exposed by Bart and Lisa, in a plot we based on the Watergate scandal. Perspective | One of the defenses of Trump is — literally — a TV-cartoon joke 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The probe to date is "far removed" from the drama of the Watergate scandal, Starr said on "Fox & Friends: Weekend." Ken Starr: Impeachment inquiry 'coup d'etat' by House Democrats; stark contrast to Watergate 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z He is best known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness. Ken Starr says impeachment hearings are not like Watergate: 'There is no John Dean' 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z None were removed from office, although Richard Nixon resigned as he faced almost certain impeachment in 1974 over the Watergate scandal. Trump impeachment probe goes public as political drama mounts 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The secret informant in the Watergate scandal was a career FBI official, but his role was not revealed for decades. Career federal employees take risky and rare role in impeachment drama 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Indeed, consider Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, which began in earnest with the arrest of the Watergate burglars in June 1972. Former Trump ambassador: failed crimes aren't impeachable offenses 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Those were the words of Sam Ervin of North Carolina at the Senate select committee on presidential campaign activities on 17 May 1973: the first day of its hearings into the Watergate scandal. Watergate to Ukraine: how TV will dictate Trump's impeachment fate 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Hughes was one of dozens of Democrats elected to the House in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal, and he served until his retirement in 1995. William J. Hughes, 10-term New Jersey congressman, dies at 87 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Though the election ultimately charted new territory, the preoccupation with leaks and potential leaks calls to mind another great political drama of the modern era: the Watergate scandal, which brought down Richard Nixon. Review | Inside Trump’s fight with the FBI: Partisan showdowns and human drama 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The following signers are all former members of the Justice Department’s special prosecutor team that investigated the Watergate scandal: Opinion | We investigated the Watergate scandal. We believe Trump should be impeached. 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In fact, they have been about as willing to answer questions about impeachment now as they were when they were being dragged before House and Senate investigative committees at the height of the Watergate scandal. Why won't Nixon loyalists talk about Trump's impeachment inquiry? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The indelible lesson of the Watergate scandal was that “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up.” Trump needs Republicans to survive. Now, he's in danger of losing their support | Geoffrey Kabaservice 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Jon Sale worked as an assistant prosecutor on the legal team investigating the Watergate scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. 'I've been converted by the facts' the Mueller probe was a ‘witch hunt’: Giuliani's new lawyer 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for two years, announced his resignation the next day. GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z In 1974, the Supreme Court played a decisive role in the investigation into President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, ruling 8-0 that Nixon had to hand over audio tapes recorded in the Oval Office. U.S. Supreme Court to tackle gay rights, guns, abortion and Trump 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Top presidential contenders for years fueled their campaigns using the public financing system, which was established to reduce the influence of big donors in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Montana Gov. Bullock eyes public financing for 2020 run 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Not even Nixon, at the height of the Watergate scandal -- and I was around for that -- was vilified this way. Opinion | Trump Can’t Take a Punch 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z He repeatedly mentioned Richard Nixon, who resigned in 1974 before being impeached due to the Watergate scandal. O’Rourke calls on Trump to resign over Ukraine controversy, says it would ‘bring the country together’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal overlapped with late stages of the Vietnam War, which had bedeviled both Nixon and his Democratic predecessor, Lyndon Johnson. GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Wall Street dropped and the dollar tumbled in the months ahead of President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, when he was under threat of impeachment over the Watergate scandal. Trump impeachment? History suggests Wall Street ought not worry 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s, the House didn’t even get this far; President Richard Nixon, facing mounting pressure from lawmakers and extreme unpopularity among the American public, resigned. The impeachment inquiry: How does removing a president work? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z McGovern lost in a landslide, despite foreshocks of the Watergate scandal that would topple Nixon two years later. Robert Boyd, journalist who shared Pulitzer for Eagleton shock therapy revelations, dies at 91 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z She signed one of them “Deep Rock Pit” — a joke, she said later, alluding to Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source during the Watergate scandal. The Florida Activist Is 78. The Legal Judgment Against Her Is $4 Million. 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z In August 1974, at the climax of the Watergate scandal, three leading Republicans, led by Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, told President Richard M. Nixon that his support in Congress had evaporated. Boris Johnson Finds His Party Loyalists Aren’t as Loyal as Trump’s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Then comes Richard Nixon, whose real achievements on social issues and in opening relations with China were offset by the Watergate scandal. Barack Obama was an awesome president — and Democrats shouldn't forget that 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Nixon left office in 1974, the only U.S. president to resign, in the face of almost-certain impeachment over the Watergate scandal. Audio reveals Ronald Reagan calling African delegates 'monkeys' 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The relevant lawmaker directed the IRS to provide the then-president’s tax materials on Dec. 13, 1973, as part of the investigation into the Watergate scandal. Dems' tax-return demands aren't 'unprecedented' after all 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Nadler also argued that public sentiment was against impeachment when the House Judiciary Committee started its proceedings against President Richard Nixon in 1974 over the Watergate scandal, but support grew through the hearings. Democrats struggle to figure out next move against Trump after Mueller hearing falls flat 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Pelosi recalled that in the Watergate scandal, it was the emergence of tapes that “broke the case”, and said Democrats should go to the people “in the strongest possible way”. Mueller insists his report did not exonerate Trump on obstruction charges 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Lifelong G-Man Mark Felt, aka ``Deep Throat,’' leaks information to the press that helps to uncover the Watergate scandal of 1974. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal had left a nation angry and divided. John Paul Stevens remembered as 'judge's judge,' with original approach to law 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The result is an awkward dynamic: the Nixon administration, near the height of the Watergate scandal, was more willing to follow federal law than the Trump administration is now. Dems' tax-return demands aren't 'unprecedented' after all 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Buttigieg cited President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal, but said he wouldn't be interested in pardoning Trump. Buttigieg says Trump using Justice Department as 'his own personal law firm' 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z House Republicans tried to discredit Dean as a witness, questioning his role in the Watergate scandal knowing that Dean pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, later was disbarred and was imprisoned for four months. After detour to Watergate, House Democrats gain little traction on impeachment 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Dean later served four months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal. Jason Chaffetz: Nadler 'running a clown show with buckets of chicken and convicted felons' 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Dean was the former White House counsel to former President Richard Nixon and was a key figure in the Watergate scandal. House Dems plan new wave of Russia hearings amid impeachment chatter 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z She was a political moderate and took over in the midst of the party's recovery from the Watergate scandal. A century of trailblazers in US politics 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Hogan’s father, Lawrence Hogan Sr, was a Republican congressman who played a leading role in calling for Richard Nixon to be impeached over the Watergate scandal. Republican Maryland governor Larry Hogan will not run against Trump 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal, the majority of the American people initially opposed impeachment proceedings being launched against President Richard M. Nixon. Opinion | When will the Republican silence on Trump end? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Some have questioned the policy, which was adopted by the Office of Legal Counsel in 1973 during the apex of the Watergate scandal. Robert Mueller statement in line with William Barr summary, Justice Department says 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z As Rachel explained in detail on last night’s show, at the height of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon and congressional Democrats continued to work on all kinds of legislative priorities. Why Trump won't even consider the gift Democrats have offered him 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were the Washington Post journalists who reported on former President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Many in media wanted Trump-Russia case to be 'next Watergate': Joe Concha 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal drove President Richard Nixon from office in 1974, Congress created the CBO in response to what it perceived as executive branch overreach. Alice Rivlin, budget maestro who ‘helped save Washington’ in fiscal crisis, dies at 88 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Nixon used it six times, with several attempts having to do with restricting access to materials related to the Watergate scandal. Trump invokes executive privilege over Mueller report: here's how it works 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Democrats are keenly aware of the history of impeachment: that public opinion can melt the partisan divide even in deeply polarized times, as it did during the Watergate scandal involving president Richard Nixon. Time to impeach? Headache for Democrats over how to take on Trump 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z He first ran for Senate in 1974, narrowly losing to Sen. Birch Bayh in a Democratic landslide after the Watergate scandal. Richard Lugar, who helped in securing Soviet arsenal, dies 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z He first ran for Senate in 1974, but lost narrowly to Sen. Birch Bayh in the Democratic landslide at the time of the Watergate scandal. Former US Sen. Richard Lugar, foreign policy expert, dies 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Was there ever a moment in the Watergate scandal akin to this one, in terms of where Democrats were substantively and politically? A Nixon Biographer on What Democrats Can Learn from Watergate 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Philip Allen Lacovara, who served as counsel to special prosecutors investigating Mr. Nixon’s role in the Watergate scandal, said reading the Mueller report evoked a sense of déjà vu. Is Obstruction an Impeachable Offense? History Says Yes 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z McGahn refused to carry out an order that, according to the special counsel’s report, he believed was on a par with President Richard M. Nixon’s infamous “Saturday Night Massacre” during the Watergate scandal. Opinion | Trump’s greatest sin wasn’t what we thought it was 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Weary from the Vietnam War and corruption uncovered in the Watergate scandal, many voters were looking for change in Washington, D.C. How will Jay Inslee’s presidential run stack up to Scoop Jackson’s 1976 campaign? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The governor’s speech noted that his father’s place in history was documented by the Washington political press corps during the Watergate scandal. ‘You are not the enemy of the people’: Maryland Gov. Hogan praises press corps 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The official reprieve, the denouement of a saga that transfixed Washington, deflated critics who believed the Mueller report could lead to Trump’s impeachment, as the Watergate scandal led to the downfall of Richard Nixon. Trump set to weaponize Mueller report in war on Democrats and media 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Congress and the nation were both shaped and scarred by the Watergate scandal, by the strain it placed on our democratic institutions, and the mistrust in government that ensued. Opinion | Mr. President, beware the mistakes of Richard Nixon 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump’s case, in contrast, concerns the Presidential Records Act, which was passed in 1978 after the Watergate scandal and declares that all presidential records are public property. The Use of Private Email and Chats, This Time by Trump’s Family, Comes Under Fire 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Mueller and his team ultimately charged 34 individuals, including 25 Russians, the most people charged by any special prosecutor since the Watergate scandal that forced President Nixon from office in 1974. Robert Mueller files long-awaited report on Russia investigation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z That’s the most people charged in any special counsel investigation since the Watergate scandal that forced President Nixon from office in 1974. As Washington awaits Mueller's report, here's what we know about the investigation 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The former host of “Special Report” also cited the Nixon-era Watergate scandal as influential in motivating journalists to showcase the power of the “fourth estate” by targeting Trump. Agreeing with anchor Ted Koppel, Brit Hume talks blurring of journalism lines 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The Justice Department named a special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal that eventually forced Republican Richard Nixon in 1974 to become the only U.S. president to resign from office. The long and winding road to U.S. special counsel's Russia report 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Leon Jaworski, who served as a special prosecutor during President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, adopted this approach when he finished his investigation. Why Mueller's report might be a letdown for Trump critics 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The House Judiciary Committee in 1974 voted to recommend impeachment accusing another president, Richard Nixon, of planning to obstruct an investigation in the Watergate scandal. Impeachment decoded: A look at how to remove a U.S. president 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z But as Dean learned during the Watergate scandal, hearings can prove unpredictable. In echoes of Watergate, Trump’s ex-lawyer is expected to tell all to House committee 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Democrats swiftly decried the move as reminiscent of when Richard Nixon in 1973 ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal. Trump's steps to upend Russia inquiry are unprecedented: 'Even Nixon wasn’t like him' 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The job of independent counsel, with broader powers, was created by Congress after the Watergate scandal. The long and winding road to U.S. special counsel's Russia report 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal was like Shakespeare—a drama that built to a satisfying climax. Roger Stone’s and Jerome Corsi’s Time in the Barrel 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Carter's campaign was built on bringing integrity back to the White House, two years after Richard Nixon avoided impeachment by resigning in the wake of the Watergate scandal. He's not just a former president. Jimmy Carter is also a nine-time Grammy nominee 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr Stone became embroiled in the Watergate scandal after congressional hearings revealed that he hired an operative to infiltrate the campaign of George McGovern, Mr Nixon's Democratic opponent. Roger Stone judge mulls gagging order 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Later, he served on the infamous Committee to Re-elect the President, better known as CREEP, that became so entangled in the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon. ‘It’s better to be infamous’: Even under indictment, Roger Stone relishes his time in the spotlight 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Congressional hearings in 1973 called to investigate the Watergate scandal reportedly revealed Mr Stone had hired a Republican operative to infiltrate Democratic candidate George McGovern's campaign, and sabotaged a Republican challenger to Nixon. Who is Trump ally Roger Stone? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z One of the articles of impeachment against President Nixon during the Watergate scandal was "counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of . . . false or misleading testimony" during judicial and congressional proceedings. Democrats will investigate report that Trump ordered Cohen to lie to Congress 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z PEN America, the nonprofit literary society, will give its annual Literary Service Award to Bob Woodward, the journalist whose work with Carl Bernstein broke the story of the Watergate scandal. Bob Woodward to receive PEN America Literary Service Award 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Capitol Hill exposed financial improprieties during the Grant and Harding administrations and helped unearth the Watergate scandal. Perspective | Five myths about congressional oversight 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z But more often than not, reporters got it right, from uncovering the ghastly conditions in slaughterhouses to forcing a president’s resignation in the Watergate scandal. In our new post-truth era, the way we view reality is more important than ever 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Their takeover was fuelled by 63 Democrats whose victories in the November midterm elections helped the party win by the largest margins since the Watergate scandal in 1974. US enters new phase as women change the face of Congress 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Back in the 1970s, Elizabeth Drew was among the reporters who covered the Watergate scandal extensively. Watergate reporter Elizabeth Drew explains why impeaching Trump has become "inevitable" 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Then there’s Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, who founded Prison Fellowship, his Christian nonprofit, after serving seven months for obstruction of justice in connection with the Watergate scandal. Trump is doing something … good? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z And then there was the Watergate scandal and the public becoming aware that presidents of both parties have lied to them about the war in Vietnam. Scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson: "Very strong" case that the Russians swung the 2016 election 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal was simultaneously exploding, and Nixon seemed to be imploding. Opinion | Should we be able to indict a sitting president? Consider Spiro Agnew. 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z As an expat high school student decades ago, I learned about Watergate scandal in Civics class with the concluding remark that "Nobody is above the law, even the President of United States". Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years After Implicating Trump in Hush-Money Scandal 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z He spent the bulk of his career focused on presidents, having been inspired by Richard M. Nixon’s downfall in the Watergate scandal to explore their personalities and leadership styles. Fred Greenstein, scholar of the American presidency, dies at 88 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z He was chairman of the Republican National Committee through the worst of the Watergate scandal, and he served as CIA director and vice president before being elected president. George H.W. Bush guided by concern for humanity 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The new History Channel documentary on the Watergate scandal may not be great art, but it is timely as heck. Opinion | Life imitates melodrama, especially in the Trump era 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z That word was used later by his successor, President Gerald R. Ford, when he pardoned Nixon after Nixon resigned in 1974 during the Watergate scandal. Presidents didn’t always pardon turkeys. Some birds became dinner. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Goldman also coined another great line in American politics: “Follow the money,” which instantly defined the Watergate scandal. William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President's Men,’ dies at 87 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z She’s led a House Democratic caucus that just saw its greatest gains since the immediate aftermath of the Watergate scandal nearly a half-century ago. Why the arguments against Nancy Pelosi fall short 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Drinan won the general election as the first Catholic priest elected to Congress and later played a major role in the House of Representatives’ investigation of Nixon during the Watergate scandal. John Marttila, political strategist for Biden, Kerry and other Democrats, dies at 78 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The murder of Jamal Khashoggi involves a lot more than a group of security officials, just as the Watergate scandal was bigger than a break-in and the 9/11 terror attacks went beyond the hijackers. Opinion | Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Saudi Arabia still has many questions to answer about Jamal Khashoggi’s killing 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z That rout was even worse across the country: the GOP gained 680 seats in state legislative races, breaking the previous record of 628 set by Democrats in 1974 after the Watergate scandal. Democrats’ Brett Kavanaugh strategy energizes GOP 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal ended with Richard Nixon’s resignation, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham sent him a note: “Beware of pomposity” — a timeless sentiment worthy of needlepoint pillows throughout the nation’s capital. It was a big night in Washington book parties: Bob Woodward and Michael Beschloss were feted 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Bork’s confirmation hearings were both the last episode of the Watergate scandal and the first episode of a new and enduring scandal, the blurring of the legislative and judicial branches of the federal government. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Unlikely Path to the Supreme Court 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal brought down a president for participating in a criminal conspiracy, the American public learned that seemingly outlandish speculation about the machinations of powerful actors is sometimes right on the money. A comprehensive profile of conspiracy thinkers 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Mel Elfin, a journalist who led Newsweek’s Washington bureau for 20 years, during the height of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal, and who later headed the annual college rankings guide for U.S. Mel Elfin, a top editor at Newsweek and U.S. News, dies at 89 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Mitchell was charged in connection with what became known as the Watergate scandal, was found guilty of conspiracy, perjury, obstruction of justice and was sentenced to two and a half to eight years in prison. Hurricane Manafort makes landfall in Washington D.C. 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Woodward's method, which he and Carl Bernstein pioneered in their reporting on the Watergate scandal, is to reconstruct events from interviews with numerous sources, many of them on deep background. Donald Trump’s lack of normal human empathy is more than disturbing — it’s dangerous 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal and President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation in 1974, Agnew will forever be associated with Nixon’s thoroughly corrupt presidential administration. Opinion | ‘Nattering nabobs’ or no, Agnew’s place in history is not obscure 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The Watergate scandal had dragged on since 1972 after a break-in at the office of the Democratic National Committee in Washington. ‘No One Could Believe It’: When Ford Pardoned Nixon Four Decades Ago 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Although the book doesn’t hit shelves until Tuesday, the Washington Post, where Woodward worked when reporting the Watergate scandal, got a preview of it. Books: Chef José Andrés, a fire-spotter and more in books 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z The story ran just 10 days after Bernstein and Woodward published their devastating account of the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men. Op-ed sparks high-stakes whodunit in Washington as Trump seethes 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Nixon, the case in which the Supreme Court ordered release of the White House tapes in the Watergate scandal, leading directly to Nixon’s resignation 16 days later. In the Washington swamp, careerism vies with chaos 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Stone, who first earned a reputation as a young pro-Nixon operative during the Watergate scandal, has said he knows of eight associates who so far have been approached by Mueller’s investigators. Associate of Trump adviser Stone to testify in Russia meddling... 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Woodward is a widely respected, veteran journalist who helped expose President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. Trump denies he wanted Syria leader killed 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Nixon, the unanimous decision which forced former President Richard Nixon to hand over subpoenaed materials during the Watergate scandal. Trump Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh dodges questions related to Mueller probe during hearing 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Woodward, one of the journalists who helped uncover the Watergate scandal, portrays the Trump White House as chaotic and dysfunctional in his new book Fear. 'Lies and phony sources': Trump dismisses Bob Woodward's book 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Woodward is a widely respected and veteran journalist who helped expose President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. Trump condemns Woodward book as 'con' 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s true that during the Watergate scandal, the value of stocks declined significantly. Analysis | Impeachment talk has perils for both parties 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Speakers praised Ford for calming a nation at war with itself after the Watergate scandal, the divisive Vietnam War and Nixon’s impeachment. McCain’s funeral was a melancholy last hurrah for what’s been lost in Trump era 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Dean was a star witness of the 1973 congressional hearings on the Watergate scandal, recounting how he told President Richard M. Nixon that there was a “cancer” growing on the presidency. Former Nixon counsel John Dean to be witness opposed to Kavanaugh nomination to Supreme Court 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Cook, the editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, has followed closely every midterm election since 1974, when the Republicans suffered historic losses amid Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, reshaping Capitol Hill for a generation. “Rigged Witch Hunt,” Meet Trump’s “Red Wave” 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z On November 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon infamously declared on television “I am not a crook” when questioned about his role in what would later be called the Watergate scandal. A Necessary Evil 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z As the Watergate scandal unfolded, Martha Mitchell was considered a ticking time bomb and Nixon's supporters went to great lengths to portray her as a lunatic who was not to be believed. Omarosa and the forgotten Martha Mitchell: Unlikely heroes who brought down a president? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z But it was ultimately the Watergate scandal that brought his administration to its knees. Donald Trump and Richard Nixon: Many parallels, but they don’t go far enough 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z His downfall offered a tawdry distraction to the burgeoning Watergate scandal that would lead to Nixon’s resignation less than a year later. ‘Nattering nabobs of negativism’: The improbable rise of Spiro T. Agnew 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day. Today in History 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Remember, the Watergate scandal more than four decades ago involved more than a break-in and coverup. Opinion | Follow the Russian money, and tighten your seatbelt 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z This first list only included 20 names but as the Watergate scandal unfolded over the next few months, more evidence emerged: There was more than one list, and the total included over 200 names. Now Donald Trump issues his enemies list: Richard Nixon never had Twitter 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z In 1975 and 1976, after the Watergate scandal and President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation, he was the first general counsel to the newly created Federal Election Commission. Community deaths 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Stone, an early Trump backer whose reputation as an aggressive political operative dates back to the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, has said that eight of his associates have been contacted by Mueller. Mueller subpoenas another associate of Trump adviser Roger Stone 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z With that brief sentence, former President Richard Nixon shocked a nation into confronting the corrupt mindset of a man driven from office amidst the Watergate scandal. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z In 1974, shortly before President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace over the Watergate scandal, the U.S. Giuliani steps in it, again 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal, Mr. Tuck was cited by Nixon and his advisers as an inspiration — and an excuse. Dick Tuck, Democratic prankster who targeted Nixon, dies at 94 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z “Moral outrage” was ever-present beginning in the 1950s — the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War protests, the Watergate scandal — and soon became simply “outrage.” News of an ‘Outrage’ Used to Mean Something Very, Very Different 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z A century later, after the Watergate scandal, the norm of Justice Department independence became more entrenched. By Demanding an Investigation, Trump Challenged a Constraint on His Power 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z President Nixon did so during the Watergate scandal, along with Republican allies in Congress who backed him until incriminating Oval Office recordings were released. Approval of Russia investigation slips as Trump's ramped-up attacks solidify his base against it 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal included many facets, but it started with a break-in. To derail Iran deal, Trump World reportedly sought 'dirt' on Obama aides 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal, 69 government officials were charged, and 48 of them found guilty. Trump's doctor is a warning to all the footsoldiers and loyal colluders | Zoe Williams 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z In June 1974, during the Watergate scandal, the Supreme Court voted unanimously to force President Nixon to give a special prosecutor secretly recorded audiotapes of the president's conversations. Latest shake-up of Trump's legal team signals a more combative approach 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Congress, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, created the position of an independent counsel who answered to a panel of judges, not to the attorney general. In Warning to Trump, Senators Advance Bill to Protect Mueller 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The lawsuit echoes a similar legal tactic that the Democratic Party used during the Watergate scandal. Democratic party sues Russia, WikiLeaks and Trump campaign, alleging conspiracy to influence election 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Ever since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, the golden rule for presidents under investigation by a special prosecutor or special counsel has been that the president shall not fire the person conducting the investigation. 'A political volcano just erupted': is the US on the brink of the next Watergate? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal, Congress created the position of an independent counsel who answered to a panel of judges, not to the attorney general. Bill to Protect Special Counsel Mueller Is Headed for a Committee Vote 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z How ironic, given that using campaign funds as hush money was one of the articles of impeachment in the Watergate scandal, which gave rise to modern campaign-finance law. Stormy Weather for Campaign-Finance Laws 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z This “massacre” manoeuvre was performed by Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, with disastrous consequences. A spate of hiring, firing and quitting leaves fewer checks on Donald Trump’s impulses 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z After Richard Nixon won the presidency in 1968, he continued to vilify the media right through the Watergate scandal that brought down his presidency. War, riots and assassinations make today’s news coverage no match for 1968 TV 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Leon Jaworski, the special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal, was able to forward his grand jury’s report and evidence to the House Judiciary Committee. Opinion | A Mueller report may never see the light of day 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z But after Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Mr. Graham had second thoughts. Billy Graham, evangelist with worldwide following, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Graham’s White House ties proved problematic when his close friend Richard Nixon resigned in the Watergate scandal, leaving Graham devastated and baffled. Procession planned for ‘America’s Pastor,’ Rev. Billy Graham 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z His presidential ties proved problematic when his close friend Nixon resigned in the Watergate scandal in 1974, leaving Graham devastated, embarrassed and baffled. Billy Graham dies: ‘America’s Pastor,’ adviser to presidents 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z When the Watergate scandal broke, Graham said he did not recognize the man he knew as modest and moral. Billy Graham gave more than prayer to presidents 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But those ties proved problematic when his close friend Richard Nixon resigned in the Watergate scandal, leaving Graham devastated and baffled. Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z He was to be seen at the side of each American president, though his endorsement of Richard Nixon did not hold him back from criticising the disgraced former leader over the Watergate scandal. Obituary: Billy Graham 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But those ties proved problematic when his close friend Richard Nixon resigned in the Watergate scandal, leaving the Rev. Graham devastated and baffled. Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z It turned out to be a painful relationship for Graham, who said Nixon and his circle misled him on the Watergate scandal. Billy Graham; preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Plenty of books had been written about the Watergate scandal, he discovered, but none on the building and the people who called it home. The Watergate’s other secrets, from a drunk Bette Davis to Condoleezza Rice’s bad catering 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Huntsman served as an assistant to President Richard M. Nixon but left the position before the Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Jon Huntsman Sr., Utah billionaire and philanthropist, dies at 80 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Blame for this state of affairs is often placed on the Watergate scandal, but it’s not exactly clear that America trusted its politicians before that. It’s Getting Harder to Sort the ‘Credible’ from the Incredible 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z They were referring to President Nixon’s order at the height of the Watergate scandal to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor. Trump Calls Justice Department and F.B.I. Conduct ‘a Disgrace’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z It turned out to be a painful relationship for Graham, who said Nixon and his circle misled him on the Watergate scandal. Billy Graham; preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z They said such action could result in a constitutional crisis not seen since the 1970s when then President Richard Nixon gave orders to fire justice officials involved in the Watergate scandal. Trump warned not to hinder Russia probe 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The more that becomes public about the Special Counsel's investigation, the more I am reminded of having watched the Watergate scandal play out up close. Mueller Zeros In on Story Put Together About Trump Tower Meeting 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He reached for it again 22 years later in another televised speech, announcing his resignation as president over the Watergate scandal. Politicians who say 'I'm not a quitter' 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z On Jan. 30, 1974, exactly 44 years ago today, Richard Nixon delivered his State of the Union address and argued that the investigation into the Watergate scandal should end. The curious Republican preoccupation with Watergate 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Without Deep Throat, the Washington Post’s secret source, the Watergate scandal might never have been exposed. Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself | Jill Abramson 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Nixon in 1974, when President Nixon refused to turn over crucial White House recordings to the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal. Executive privilege, a flashpoint since George Washington, now roils Russia investigation 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The law was passed in the wake of Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal in part to preserve vital evidence for criminal investigations. Trump’s argument in record-keeping case: ‘Courts cannot review the president’s compliance with the Presidential Records Act’ 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Even Gerald Ford was in the high 40s after 12 months in office, according to Gallup, following his politically radioactive pardon of predecessor Richard Nixon for the Watergate scandal. Six graphics that tell story of Trump's first year 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Since the Watergate scandal, the Justice Department has conducted criminal investigations largely free of political influence from the White House. 2 GOP leaders seek federal inquiry of Trump dossier’s author 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z William Graham’s mother, Katharine, took over the Post after his father’s death and transformed it into a media powerhouse, guiding the paper through the Watergate scandal and the publishing of the Pentagon Papers. William Graham, son of former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, dies at 69 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z His mostly forgotten role in the Watergate scandal gets a new burst of attention Friday when “The Post,” directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, hits theaters. ‘The Post’ and the forgotten security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “You cannot turn on a news program lately without a pundit comparing the Trump administration to the Watergate scandal,” said the Federalist’s Claudine Feledick in an article written in June. Watergate nostalgia in vogue as Trump foes seek to link him to Nixon 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z When Nixon pulled his Saturday Night Massacre and fired the official overseeing the Watergate scandal, it was the beginning of the end of his presidency. Unanswered question hangs over the GOP's anti-Mueller offensive 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But several other lawyers took issue with Dowd’s comments, noting President Richard Nixon faced impeachment for obstruction of justice prior to his resignation over the Watergate scandal. Trump lawyer's account about tweets raises questions about what president knew 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z He spoke out against the Vietnam War and was among the first Republicans to call for President Nixon’s resignation during the Watergate scandal. John B. Anderson, whose quixotic run for president helped hand the election to Reagan, dies at 95 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z But he would never profit, as did other players in the Watergate scandal — even those convicted. ‘The Post’ and the forgotten security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z About the 1970s Watergate scandal, however, suspicions remain. Opinion | The NCAA season starts with sleaze and scandal 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z That would be Richard Nixon in 1973 – near the height of the Watergate scandal. Monday's Campaign Round-Up, 11.6.17 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z But several other lawyers took issue with Dowd’s comments, noting President Richard Nixon faced impeachment for obstruction of justice prior to his resignation over the Watergate scandal. Trump lawyer's account about tweets raises questions about what president knew 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Subtitled “The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy”, Daley’s book takes its title from a vulgar term for down and dirty political sabotaging, made popular during the Watergate scandal. Gerrymander 5k: run highlights absurdity of Republican redistricting 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Would there have been a Watergate scandal had he not found the taped lock? ‘The Post’ and the forgotten security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The tensions now over Donald Trump’s alleged collaboration with the Kremlin to assure his victory in the 2016 election and the charges of administration corruption echo the run-up to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. American democracy has gone through dark times before | Robert Dallek 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z During the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, Republican leaders ultimately convinced President Nixon that he needed to resign, but the party and its voters continued to support him for most of the two-year saga. White House pushes a two-front defense: blaming indicted aides and Hillary Clinton 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z |
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