On November 17th, 1973, utter this phrase. In the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors gathered at Walt ...

Today’s political turbulence is a stark reminder that this nation has successfully endured the shenanigans of those occupying political office and those vying for that privilege. In that regard, ...

With his resignation soon to take effect, Richard Nixon leaves the White House one last time as he boards Army One on Aug. 9, 1974. Bettmann Archive On April 29, 1974, President Richard Nixon ...

Henry S. Richardson ’77 was spending his weekend rock climbing in New York when his father, the United States Attorney General, quit his job. It was Oct. 20, 1973, and Richard Nixon had just asked ...

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 ...

President Gerald Ford, right, pardoned Richard Nixon, center, for the Watergate scandal. (Harvey W. Georges/Associated Press) On this day in 1974, Wall Street stocks fell after President Gerald Ford ...

In his 37th address from the Oval Office, the 37th president of the United States spoke words never said by an American president. “I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow,” Richard ...

President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 when it became clear that he would be not only impeached but likely removed from office. I still have a vivid memory of the day that he resigned. There were ...

The House initiated an impeachment process against Nixon in February 1974, authorizing the Judiciary Committee to investigate whether grounds existed to impeach him of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Co-anchor, "CBS Evening News;" Chief political analyst and senior national correspondent; Contributo Award-winning journalist and author John Dickerson is co-anchor of the" CBS Evening News" and chief ...