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In the swirling days since what I suppose we should just call The Leak, a significant theme has been the argument that the Supreme Court has grown deeply politicized. But there never existed a golden age when the court was anything else.

The forgotten abortion politics of the pre-Roe era

Fifty years ago this week — on May 2, 1972 — J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died at his home near Washington's Rock Creek Park, and was found the next morning by his housekeeper slumped on the floor next to his bed.

In 1977, people with disabilities occupied federal buildings across America. It was the beginning of something big

U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conjures memories of 1970s stagflation, a nightmarish combination of double-digit inflation, double-digit interest rates, soaring gasoline prices and persistently high unemployment. The entire economic mess got dumped…

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On April 28, 1970, U.S. President Richard Nixon encouraged Americans to buy stocks. Where The Market Was: The Dow finished the day at 724.33. The S&P 500 traded at 80.27.

Behind every great political scandal, there are players whose stories get shoved to the side by the first, second and even third drafts of history.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Roger Stone said Monday he won’t run against Gov. Ron DeSantis, but he said he’s contemplating a Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

Since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs nearly 51 years ago, arrests, convictions and mass incarceration have been the centerpiece of the US's drug policy approach.

Fifty years ago, the national networks CBS, ABC and NBC dominated television screens in America and were the primary way voters obtained information: Each network, along with newspapers and radio, told its audience facts first, and all agreed on what the facts were. That meant Americans had a shared understanding…

The events of the infamous Watergale scandal took place during and after the 1972 US presidential election