During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds.

"And Nixon had to break the ice. There was frostiness between Ford and Carter. And it was Richard Nixon who was the jovial one, trying to take these two men, who had campaigned hard against each ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

If implemented, it was still expected to affect trillions of dollars and cause widespread disruption in a wide range of ...

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy ...

President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon a month later to his own political demise, and the former president returned to California as a political exile. He would make frequent international trips ...

secretary of state under Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 With his gruff yet commanding presence and behind-the-scenes manipulation of power, Kissinger exerted uncommon influence on global affairs ...