President Richard Nixon stared out intensely from behind the Resolute Desk on August 7, 1974. “I have not cried since Eisenhower died,” Nixon told a captive audience of three, Sen. Barry Goldwater, ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the previous installments on Nixon’s childhood and time at ...

The former president left his mark on the nation with more than just Watergate Jan. 9, 2013 -- intro: Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of 37th President Richard Nixon. Born in a farmhouse ...

Mr. Speaker, on February 6, when the Committee on Un-American Activities opened its session at 10 o'clock, it had by previous investigation, tied together the loose end of one chapter of a ...

Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the previous installments on Nixon’s childhood and time at ...

Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon laid down the presidency of the United States, a casualty of the Watergate scandal. The era of Watergate was one of sweeping political reform. In 1970, Congress ...

Fifty years ago today, Republican President Richard Nixon resigned from office, as the Watergate scandal had entirely undermined the viability of his administration. The last straw was the release of ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead and ...

WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very different ...

Whether the Federal Reserve raises, lowers or maintains baseline interest rates is one of the most important economic decisions it makes. And that decision is made outside of presidential control, at ...

This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation. Whether the Federal ...