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President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse the toxic degradation of U.S. rivers, lakes and streams took effect half a century ago today.

The Jan. 6 committee preceded its dramatic Trump subpoena vote last week with a montage of former administration insiders repeatedly invoking the 5th Amendment. It was characteristically clever storytelling, driving home the stark contrast between the holdouts and the many other witnesses — most of them also administration insiders —…

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

Rick Perlstein says the Prime Minister missed the cynicism in his book The Invisible Bridge.

What did your mom teach you about confronting a bully? We still haven't done that with Roger Stone, or his boss

Republicans running in next month’s elections cast their party as tough on crime, despite top party names’ legal scrapes

We lost a legal legend.

"At this point, it’s too late to run away from who you are," a GOP strategist warns

The Federal Reserve is cracking down hard on inflation, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the 1970s, when price hikes were so sustained, they got baked in to people's thinking.