The Latest Breaking News from Watergate

Ex-prosecutor: Why isn't Trump indicted?

Legal experts say it's official indictment watch as multiple investigations close in on the former president

Salon · Feb 27, 2023

George Skelton: Jimmy Carter was good fit for post-Watergate America

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president." And he'd grin. Always that friendly, down-home grin.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023

The 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts spotlight human nature, and nature itself

This year's Oscar-nominated short documentaries are remarkably varied, revisiting our recent political history, examining the roots of terrorism at home and sharing snapshots of a young person's development. Even the two nature-based entries wildly differ in approach and tone.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023

Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after leaving office – Biden after he ended his terms as vice president in 2017, and Trump after leaving the Oval…

The Conversation · Jan 13, 2023

Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton

A Georgia special grand jury has finished its work investigating whether former president Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes when trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2023

‘I’ll never drink like that again’: Kathleen Turner on booze, health and falling in love with Michael Douglas

Body Heat made her a star in the 80s. Then, after a string of hit movies, illness forced her to take a step back. The actor talks about her fights with directors, her rage at white male privilege and her return to the screen as a foul-mouthed political lobbyist

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023

Ginni Thomas saw no evidence of fraud

"I was just hearing it from news reports and friends on the ground," Thomas admitted to the J6 committee

Salon · Dec 31, 2022

Democracy depends on whistleblowers

Cassidy Hutchinson made an imperfect hero. But her kind of courage is crucial to protecting our fragile democracy

Salon · Dec 27, 2022

Landmark Jan. 6 report concludes Trump intentionally misled, provoked insurrectionists

WASHINGTON — The highest-profile congressional investigation since Watergate concluded Thursday that former President Trump intentionally spread false claims about the 2020 election and provoked a mob of his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 23, 2022

Jan. 6 report concludes Trump provoked insurrectionists

WASHINGTON — The highest-profile congressional investigation since Watergate concluded Thursday that former President Donald Trump intentionally spread false claims about the 2020 election and provoked a mob of his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 23, 2022