Richard Nixon

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

18 hours, 49 minutes ago

The reunion runs through Saturday and marks the 40th anniversary of a special White House dinner hosted by President Nixon on May 23, 1973, to honor the 571 American captives.

Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations

7 days ago

And President Richard Nixon famously subjected those on his "enemies list" to tax audits and was even caught on Watergate tapes boasting of it to aides in the Oval Office.

Multiple controversies suddenly plague Obama

8 days ago

Some have even compared him to President Richard Nixon, who was accused of using the IRS to punish his enemies and of overzealously searching for leaks inside his administration.

New EPA leader sure to draw fire as environmental fights intensify

14 days ago

When environmentalism was more popular during the Nixon years, he recalled, four executives from the U.S. automobile industry came to Washington to try to stop the Clean Air Act from passing.

AP Photos: A look at key moments in Dow history

16 days ago

The week before, President Richard Nixon had won re-election by a landslide, beating George McGovern in 49 states. (Close: 1,003.16)Jan. 8, 1987: First close above 2,000.

AP Enterprise: Nixon wished for total handgun ban

73 days ago

The day of the shooting, Nixon told White House special counsel Charles Colson, "At least I hope that Saturday night special legislation, at least we're supporting that, you know.

Conservative Nixon backed gun control

74 days ago

Nixon made his remarks in the Oval Office on May 16, 1972, the day after a would-be assassin shot and paralyzed segregationist presidential candidate George Wallace.

Watergate novel nominated for fiction prize

78 days ago

Thomas Mallon's novel about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction.

Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73

87 days ago

Bork says that soon after his arrival in Washington in 1973, White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig tried to persuade him to resign as Solicitor General to become Nixon's chief defense lawyer.

Exhibit details Nixon-Clinton relations

97 days ago

The documents are part of an exhibit opening Friday at the Nixon Presidential Library, marking the centennial of his birth.

AP Exclusive: Documents detail Nixon, Clinton ties

98 days ago

"After he died, I found myself wishing I could pick up the phone and ask President Nixon what he thought about this issue or that problem, particularly if it involved Russia.

New EPA leader likely to face criticism from right and left

107 days ago

At age 80, Bill Ruckelshaus still remembers those pro-environment days in the early 1970s, when his old Republican boss, then-President Richard Nixon, urged Americans to make peace with nature and...

Correction: Obit-Clara Jane Nixon story

121 days ago

A corrected version of the story is below:Nixon sister-in-law Clara Jane Nixon dies at 93Clara Jane Dixon, former president's sister-in-law who maintained family history, dies at 93IRVINE, Calif....

Nixon sister-in-law Clara Jane Nixon dies at 92

123 days ago

Clara Jane Nixon was married to Donald Nixon, who gained national attention in 1960 when he received a business loan from billionaire Howard Hughes.

Hagel pick test of Senate on presidential choices

125 days ago

Nixon's request fell upon deaf ears.

Lance Armstrong's late admission is nothing new

128 days ago

Nixon's successor, President Gerald Ford, granted him an unconditional pardon.

He's back - Richard Nixon at 100

135 days ago

Nixon left the White House arguably the most polarizing political figure of his generation, the only president ever to resign the office, one whose very name instilled passion and even hatred.

Monument to Texans who died in Vietnam taking shape

138 days ago

Forty years after President Richard Nixon announced the end of U.S. offensive operations against North Vietnam, a monument to the half-million Texans who served and the 3,417 who died in the war...

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

150 days ago

Special counsel to President Richard Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a Christian evangelical helping inmates.

Bork, whose failed nomination made history, dies

155 days ago

Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural...

Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

157 days ago

In one of the most memorable exchanges of the Watergate proceedings, an attorney for two of Nixon's closest advisers, John Ehrlichman and Bob Haldeman, referred to Inouye as a "little Jap.

Members of Congress push for day to honor Presley

174 days ago

One of the most requested items from the National Archives is a photograph of Presley shaking hands with President Richard Nixon during a White House visit.

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