The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...

In both the Nixon and Trump cases, the efforts of Canadian prime ministers – then Pierre Trudeau, now Justin Trudeau – to win ...

Theodore Roosevelt modeled himself after Ulysses S. Grant. Franklin Roosevelt was a great admirer of his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden aimed to be latter-day Franklin ...

That was more than half a century ago in his bestselling book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” But his words ring true today for California’s farmers, especially those in the Central Valley, who ...

The revelations came in part from the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned rather than heed ...

Richard Nixon was nominated for best spoken-word recording ... at the 17th Grammy Awards in 1975. Editor Bill Adler's book "The Kennedy Wit," a compilation of the former president's quotes and ...

Presidential decrees have evolved into powerful tools that significantly impact American governance, shaping policy decisions ...

That’s what happened to Richard Nixon. He ended up owning the war and it went down ... and criticized the operations of the White House in comments published in a book by journalist Michael Wolff.

Out of 28 chapters, three concern the Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers Case. The literature on this historical episode is sadly ...

At first a crusader for workplace safety, the trained physician railed against the use of the toxic and ubiquitous material ...

Former US president Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award.