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Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz

Fifty years later, the Watergate scandal is remembered in broad strokes

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences

It took close to two years for Richard Nixon to be driven from the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate break-in 50 years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Watergate scandal: How a single piece of tape brought down the US President

One botched break-in 50 years ago today would end up changing US history and American politics forever as it set of a series of events that brought down then president Richard Nixon

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022

Jackie Calmes: During Watergate, Republicans made 'the system' work. Today's GOP is failing the nation

Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary that would end Richard M. Nixon's presidency two years later. By then, his vice president and successor, Gerald R. Ford Jr., would tell Americans, "Our long national nightmare is over."

Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2022

Watergate's Cuban American history

Three Cuban exiles on an anti-communist crusade helped Nixon's team carry out the infamous break-in

Axios · Jun 16, 2022

 ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’ gives voice to one of Watergate’s great characters - Roll Call

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal: Martha Mitchell.

Roll Call · Jun 16, 2022

Michael Phillips: Why do the Jan. 6 hearings make me miss Nixon and Watergate?

I miss Watergate.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 16, 2022

50 Years Later, the Motive Behind Watergate Remains Clouded

Despite the abundance of transcripts, FBI reports, and memoirs from those involved, we still know more about the cover-up than we do about the infamous political scandal.

Reason · Jun 16, 2022

Jonathan Bernstein: Why Trump’s own appointees are setting the record straight

How do presidents get in trouble? Monday’s Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election didn’t focus on that general question, but it did demonstrate something familiar to students of the presidency.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Editorial: Jan. 6 committee is just getting started

Like prosecutors priming a jury, the House Select Committee made a powerful case to the nation Thursday night and Monday that Donald Trump ginned up the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. He meant it to consummate a coup that he had been plotting even before the presidential election that he…

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 15, 2022