President Richard M. Nixon sought to fire the special prosecutor leading the Watergate investigation, but his attorney ...

As Harry Truman once put it in a letter to his sister ... office in disgrace is the core of Richard Nixon.” Maybe, say some others, who see Nixon’s resignation as an act of simple pragmatism.

Six senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, resigned Thursday rather than follow ...

Richard Nixon became the only US president to resign from office. His departure came because of his involvement in the Watergate scandal and subsequent cover-up, which began when Republican ...