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Fifty years ago Friday, burglars broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington, the first chapter of a story that would transform American politics. The anniversary comes as Congress investigates the greatest constitutional crisis since then. Just as Watergate-era leaders instituted important reforms to address the weaknesses of the system that…

One of the more curious legacies of the Watergate scandal is so obvious that we barely notice it.

Fifty years on from the Watergate scandal, the threat of impeachment that made Nixon resign has not fazed twice-impeached Trump — who could run for president again.

Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary that would end Richard M. Nixon's presidency two years later. By then, his vice president and successor, Gerald R. Ford Jr., would tell Americans, "Our long national nightmare is over."

Three Cuban exiles on an anti-communist crusade helped Nixon's team carry out the infamous break-in

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal: Martha Mitchell.

I miss Watergate.

Despite the abundance of transcripts, FBI reports, and memoirs from those involved, we still know more about the cover-up than we do about the infamous political scandal.

Washington (AFP) - It all began when a vigilant night watchman noticed a piece of tape on a door of the building where the Democratic National Committee's headquarters was located in Washington in June 1972.

Washington (AFP) - The break-in 50 years ago by Republican operatives at a Washington office led to the historic resignation of US president Richard Nixon -- but arguably it reverberated more deeply around the world with the coining of a single term: Watergate.

Washington (AFP) - Fifty years since it ignited Washington, the Watergate affair remains a cautionary tale on the threat of untrammeled presidential power and the yardstick against which all other political scandals are judged.