The Latest Breaking News from Richard Nixon

It was a slow death — and it took down democracy with it

The Nixon administration’s enemies list inspired bipartisan revulsion. Its purpose was, in the immortal words of President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America,…

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy sound like previous budget hawks — but DOGE could set a dangerous precedent

Biden administration concerned Trump and his associates may launch probes that would harm the reputations and finances of their targets

House Democrats and GOP Senator Collins oppose Trump's potential impoundment use, citing historical concerns and the need for congressional oversight.

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Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter. It adds to a storied history of compromising and/or eccentric choices for presidential pardons.

President Joe Biden offered his son a sweeping pardon for all crimes that may have been committed between 2014 and 2024