Richard Nixon

Martin Scorsese's new film is premised on a confession that is not credible.

Are whistleblowers heroes or traitors? It depends who you ask.

For decades, conspiracy theorists have clung to the fiction that thousands of soldiers are being held captive in Asia.

Conservatives created a rosy image of Reagan to further their political project.

In their time, “Jaws” and “Nashville” were regarded as Watergate films, and both were in production as the Watergate disaster played its final act.

President Trump is building on a tactic pioneered by segregationists.

It took much longer — and went much further — than we think.

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

The shuttering of the GM works in Lordstown will also bury a lost chapter in the fight for workers’ control.

President Trump’s skirting around Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia is only the latest example of presidential overreach.

Why is U.S. foreign policy dominated by an unelected, often reckless cohort of “the best and the brightest”?

Trump is just the latest in a long line of executives to stiff-arm the Constitution and ignore congressional powers.

How congressional conservatives undermined the civil rights movement through the Tax Reform Act of 1969.

Before Earth Day made a name for the environmental movement, a massive oil spill put a spotlight on the dangers of pollution.

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

A new book correctly diagnoses how non-elected agencies are running the country, but falls short on how it got this way.

Seven scholars discuss the definition, nature, practice, and periodization of corruption in the United States.

Looking back at the year of the moon landing, Woodstock, and more.

How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Why Anthony Scaramucci’s turn on “Celebrity Big Brother” shouldn’t come as a surprise.