political scandal

Reagan's commitment to deregulation, aggressive military spending, and diminished oversight created a cocktail of corruption that was worse than Watergate.

Delany's insistence on interest-based coalitions, evident in his fiction and political prose, explains his late-Reconstruction defection to the Democrats and his strategies for revolution.

Even knowing every awful thing Richard Nixon would go on to do, you had to respect, as the phrase goes, his hustle.

Failing upward with Oliver North.

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We've been here before.

The Nixon impeachment proceedings and their parallels with the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

A documentary about his life and circle is a study in complicity.

Nancy Pelosi's reluctance to impeach Trump only denies the reality of his transgressions.

The Teapot Dome scandal resulted in a 1924 law that gives the House Ways and Means Committee authority to demand returns.

Reliving the events of 1998 was traumatic, yes—but also worth it, if it helps another young person avoid being “That Woman”-ed.

On his deathbed, GOP strategist Lee Atwater admitted he staged the events that brought down a Democratic presidential candidate.

Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in it.

What sorts of youthful transgressions are forgivable, and which are disqualifying, for which jobs?

During Watergate, historians helped catalogue accusations made against past Presidents; their findings may be useful again.

Allegations that Nixon beat his wife have circulated for years without serious examination by those who covered his presidency.

The parallel with Nixon leads to this question: Will voters still hold a president accountable for abuse of power?

George Washington knew the perils of letting scandals linger.

Scholars disagree on existing precedents—and the question won’t be settled until evidence leads a prosecutor to try it.

After Democrats lost in 1876, they set about investigating the new Republican president — only for everything to backfire.

It’s not enough to bring the articles of impeachment against an official – you have to convict them, too.