Richard Nixon’s presidency remains one of the most controversial and dramatic in U.S. history. Elected in 1968 on promises to restore “law and order,” Nixon managed to pull off some diplomatic wins ...

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 ...

On Feb. 27, 1972, Nixon and China’s premier issued the Shanghai Communique, normalizing relations between the two nations.

President Richard Nixon ended a 20-year stand-off between the People’s Republic of China and the United States with a visit to Peking and Shanghai.

A funny thing happened on the way to ranking the four big presidential scandals of our time: Former Nixon staffers in O.C. said Watergate wasn’t Nixon’s scandal after all, and he was actually the ...

Americans took a break from their partisan vituperation in February to mull over newly revealed testimony that Richard Nixon ...

“Elvis & Nixon” is in theaters this Friday. — -- When Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in 1970, the photograph taken that day became the most requested image from the National Archives, ...