Richard Nixon

In the Wake of Kennedy’s Death, Nixon’s Obsession Re-emerges
Most of the talk about Senator Kennedy’s death revolves around his ongoing role in the healthcare debate, but a look back shows an interesting relationship of obsession between Richard Nixon and the late Senator.

Watergate Hotel on Auction Block
The Watergate Hotel, made famous as a result of the Watergate Scandal that brought down President Nixon, is set to go to auction next week.

Watergate Source, Deep Throat, Dies at 95
Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, died on Thursday in Santa Rosa California. Felt was the closely guarded secret source who helped Woodward and Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal.

Watergate's 'deep Throat', Mark Felt, Dies
Senior FBI official who helped bring down President Richard Nixon dies aged 95

Insults Fly on Nixon Tapes
Former US president Richard Nixon called then-Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi an "old witch" and Indians a "slippery treacherous people", according to recently released transcripts of Oval Office tapes.

I Was Deep Throat, Says Top Fbi Man
One of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century was finally solved yesterday with the unmasking of Deep Throat, the legendary source who leaked the secrets of the Watergate scandal and helped bring down President Richard Nixon.

Bush Needs to Change the Subject
The party that Nixon built has become one of rote instincts. The drama of Richard Nixon's resignation 30 years ago this month has long overshadowed his political achievement.

Nixon's Watergate Tormentor Dies at 92
Archibald Cox, the prosecutor whose investigation into the Watergate affair ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, died on Saturday. He was 92. Cox has been widely praised by historians for his backbone while under immense political pressure as he pursued the truth behind the...

Nixon Was Too Drunk to Speak to Heath
In October 1973, when the Arab-Israeli war threatened to erupt into a cold war confrontation, Richard Nixon was too drunk to take a call from Edward Heath, according to telephone transcripts cleared for release yesterday. The awkward manoeuvring to conceal the president's indisposition...

Nixon ordered Watergate, jailed former aide says
President Richard Nixon personally ordered the Watergate break-in of the Democratic party headquarters, according to a senior aide who was jailed for his part in the affair.

Obituary: Ron Ziegler
Nixon's loyal mouthpiece during Watergate. During his career as US President Richard Nixon's press secretary, Ron Ziegler, who has died after a heart attack aged 63, delivered thousands of White House statements.

New claim of Deep Throat's identity
One of the most mysterious figures in American political history may finally have been revealed yesterday when Mark Felt, a former assistant director of the FBI, was named in print as Deep Throat, the anonymous source whose Delphic encouragement to two young Washington Post reporters helped crack the Watergate scandal and bring down President Richard Nixon.

Bitter Nixon family feud over legacy
Daughters of disgraced US President go to court in row over $12m bequest. When Richard Nixon was forced to resign from the US presidency in 1974 over the Watergate affair, it was his family who closed ranks around him and helped him survive his disgrace.