Richard Nixon

The former President said that the Watergate scandal, which led to his resignation from office, was “like jaywalking” compared to Trump’s interactions with a foreign government.

Tim Naftali published the text and audio of a taped call, from 1971, in which Reagan described the African delegates to the United Nations in luridly racist terms.

The House Speaker has been reluctant to impeach Donald Trump, but denying the reality of his transgressions will only perpetuate his narcissism and enable him politically.

John A. Farrell, the author of “Richard Nixon: The Life,” discusses the parallels between the Nixon years and today, why Nancy Pelosi may consciously be following Democrats’ Watergate strategy, and whether Trump’s advisers saved him from Nixon’s biggest mistake.

We may remember, correctly, Dean’s revelations as the beginning of the end for Nixon, but it was an amazingly long ending.

No President since Nixon had disrespected the fact that federal law-enforcement officials should not be used for political purposes—until Trump fired his Attorney General.

Almost half a century later, the ghost of the scandal that launched Bob Woodward’s career haunts the Trump White House.

During Watergate, historians helped catalogue accusations made against past Presidents; their findings may be useful again.

During Watergate, historians helped catalogue accusations made against past Presidents; their findings may be useful again.

A provocative feminist critic of “sexual paranoia” explains why #MeToo has gone too far and not far enough. Plus, a few daiquiris with Richard Nixon.

Speaking publicly for the first time, a historian reveals the crucial role he and a small band of others played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.

Never before have two leaders in command of nuclear arsenals more closely evoked a professional wrestling match.