Richard Nixon became one of the most powerful and controversial presidents in American history. From ending the Vietnam War ...

WASHINGTON — As Sen. Sam Ervin completed his 20-year Senate career in 1974 and issued his final report as chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, he posed the question: “What was Watergate?” ...

The incarcerated drug magnate known as El Chapo had an escape plan - but not the daring kind he previously used to break out ...

Our report from 1974 ...

The DC Zoning Commission has given the green light to transform the upper floors of the iconic Watergate Office Building into ...

The Poynter 50 series examines the famous interview between David Frost and former U.S. President Richard Nixon.

In 2025, the world said goodbye to Robert Redford. Over seven decades, the Hollywood giant entertained audiences with all kinds of action movies, thrillers, Westerns, and comedies. It's hard to pin ...

Among the liquor store, barber shop and dry cleaners at the Watergate Complex’s retail plaza, there is a new pop-up museum dedicated to the scene of the crime that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency.

WASHINGTON — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval ...

Butterfield disclosed then-President Richard M. Nixon had a recording system in the Oval Office Alexander Butterfield, the former White House aide who revealed the existence of damaging recordings ...

“I was hoping you fellows wouldn’t ask me about that,” said Alexander P. Butterfield, a former White House aide summoned before the staff of the Senate Watergate committee on July 13, 1973. His ...

Alexander P. Butterfield, who disclosed to the U.S. Senate and to a stunned nation the existence of Richard Nixon’s White House taping system, blowing the cover on the Watergate conspiracy and sealing ...