Watergate

How response to Watergate tapes 50 years ago contrasts with today’s political climate

By Lisa Desjardins, Elizabeth Summers, Saher Khan

An image of men gathered around a set of microphones talking to each other.

What the Senate Watergate hearings showed about America

The hearings, which started in May 1973, led to several historic moments — and the resignation of an American president a year later.

By Dan Cooney

The Watergate hotel and condominium complex pictured on the Potomac River in Washington, June 17, 20..

Woodward and Bernstein reflect on the parallels between Watergate and the Capitol attack

Next week is the 50th anniversary of the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, an event that would bring down a U.S. president. The reporters at the heart of uncovering the Watergate scandal have reissued their book "All…

Looking back at the life of the unapologetic criminal behind Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy

He was part political provocateur, part ruthless operator. Best known for his role in the Watergate break-in, which ultimately led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon. Lisa Desjardins has the story of G. Gordon Liddy, who died Tuesday not…

By Lisa Desjardins, Geoffrey Lou Guray

William Ruckelshaus is sworn in as the first Environmental Protection Agency Administrator by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Jill Ruckelshaus and President Richard Nixon look on, December 4, 1970. Courtesy The Nixon Library and Museum/Handout via REUTERS

Ruckelshaus, who famously defied Nixon in Watergate firing, dies at 87

His moment of fame came in 1973, as a deputy attorney general, when he choose to resign rather than carry out Nixon’s unlawful order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox.

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

WATCH: John Dean’s full opening statement on Mueller report

By Gretchen Frazee

In his prepared testimony, the former White House counsel and Watergate witness outlined some of the similarities between the Watergate inquiry into President Richard Nixon and the current investigations into President Donald Trump.

Is expanding presidential power inherently bad for democracy?

The fallout from President Trump’s national emergency declaration over immigration is sparking questions about the scope of executive power. For analysis, Judy Woodruff talks to Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin College and author of “The New Imperial Presidency:…

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Does the Scooter Libby pardon have implications for the Russia probe?

President Trump on Friday pardoned Scooter Libby, a top aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney, 11 years after his conviction for lying to investigators and obstructing justice. Trump didn’t know Libby, so why do it now? To discuss the…

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Ranking intel Democrat calls Comey words ‘disturbing’

By Associated Press

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia will emphasize at today's committee hearing that the American people need to realize that what happened was that a president asked an FBI director to drop an ongoing investigation into a former national security adviser.

The complete Watergate timeline (it took longer than you realize)

By Daniel Bush

Critics have been quick to compare the controversy surrounding the White House and Russia to the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon to resign. But the Watergate drama took longer to unfold -- more than two years -- than…

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