F ifty years ago today, Richard Nixon laid down the presidency of the United States, a casualty of the Watergate scandal.. The era of Watergate was one of sweeping political reform. In 1970 ...

I have lived under 14 different presidents. If I could, with a wave of my hand, I would bring Nixon back as our president now ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead ...

WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very ...

Richard Milhous Nixon, Law School ‘37, is the only U.S. president Duke has produced in its century. “Few came so far, so fast, so alone,” biographer John A. Farrell wrote about the man who ...

WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very ...

What happened when Richard Nixon wanted more control over interest rates This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then ...

Richard Nixon (left) with student protester Bob Moustakas (right) outside the Lincoln Memorial on May 9, 1970. “I know most of you think I’m an SOB,” the president said, “but I want you to ...

Trump 2.0 borrows a ton from Richard Nixon — but 37th president’s playbook also had big risks By . Niall Ferguson. Published March 5, 2025, 11:39 p.m. ET.

President Richard Nixon stared out intensely from behind the Resolute Desk on August 7, 1974. “I have not cried since Eisenhower died,” Nixon told a captive audience of three, Sen. Barry ...

President Nixon points to a reporter during his televised news conference in the East Room of the White House, March 6, 1974. By Bettmann/Getty Images. Save this story ...