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Tucker Carlson explains why permanent Washington is tired of President Biden's leadership following his classified documents mishap on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture.

Nixon in exile still enjoyed the respect not just of his friends but of his enemies. Trump has no friends and his pathetic record of lies stands alone.

Comedian Bob Hope performed his last Christmas show for U.S. troops during the Vietnam War on this day in history, Dec. 24, 1972. It was his ninth consecutive Christmas appearance in Vietnam.

John Dean told CNN he expects charges to be brought against former President Trump because of the "overwhelming case" made by the Jan. 6 committee.

This year's White House Christmas ornament gives a nod to former first lady Patricia Nixon.

Space reporter Marina Koren on NASA’s plans to travel to the moon, Mars, and Europa—and why it is now studying UAPs

Fifty years after Roe, politicians are sleepwalking into another firestorm; this time, same-sex marriage – an issue that polls show Americans won’t line up to oppose.

Mark WilsonThe Supreme Court’s rejection of an emergency request by former President Donald Trump to block release of his tax returns marks the culmination of a three-year legal fight with the House Ways and Means Committee—and the affirmation of a simple law allowing congressional investigators broad access to tax return information. While it is unclear how quickly the returns will be turned over by the Treasury Department—and just how the work of the Committee may be affected by the anticipate

Douglas Brinkley describes a time, from 1960 to 1973, when Americans became alarmed by pollution and other problems — and trusted the government to fix them.

President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden married her fiance, Peter Neal, on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday.

Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says 'I am not a crook'; Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England; Suez Canal opens; Congress holds first DC session; Sculptor Auguste Rodin dies; Film director Martin Scorsese born. (Nov. 17)

President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, will have a White House wedding on Saturday, Nov. 19. Here's a look at the history of White House weddings.

Eighteen couples have been married at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. throughout its history.

“Here Comes the Bride” will play at the White House very soon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Here Comes the Bride” will be heard at the White House very soon. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married on the South Lawn on Saturday in what will be the 19th wedding in White House history. It will be the first wedding with a president's granddaughter as the bride, and the first one in that location, according to the White House Historical Association.

Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.

Baron Capital founder Ron Baron said investing during the tumultuous 1970s was foundational to his investing approach.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have doled out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters dressed up as everything from Spider-Man to a flamingo to a monk to a zombie founding father.

The dictionary definition of woke is being aware of social injustice. I see social injustice in many aspects of our lives today. That is social injustice. Rather than stories of conquest over enemies, David and Goliath or the battle of Jericho, Jesus advocated for brotherly love. Vote for love and brotherhood, vote for peace, vote for discussion not confrontation, vote for equality, vote for compassion for your fellow man, vote Democrat to save America.

Experts say a lack of updates to the program leave many elderly, blind and disabled beneficiaries struggling with low incomes and little flexibility.

Why has The Associated Press tallied votes and declared winners in U.S. elections since the middle of the 19th century.

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.

Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies.

Sen. Ted Cruz joined Mark Levin on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to sound off on the Biden administration's targeting of former President Donald Trump with a raid on his home.

A legal battle over an endangered toad and a geothermal power plant in Nevada has many similarities to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark case on the Endangered Species Act nearly a half-century ago.

While Republicans feared Trump, Democrats feared a political backlash and didn't do all they could to convict him, Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian write.

"Nixon was in a corner with his thumb in his mouth. Bill Clinton took it very, very hard. I just do things, okay?" Trump told journalist Bob Woodward.

The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says he is out of the hospital and he's planning to return to Vermont for a full schedule of planned events.

Vermont's 82-year-old Sen. Patrick Leahy has been hospitalized after he felt unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home.

Trump has been subpoenaed by the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol that took place on Jan. 6, 2021.

The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump for his testimony about the 2021 Capitol attack.

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, turned 98 on Saturday.

The Federal Reserve is cracking down hard on inflation, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the 1970s, when price hikes were so sustained, they got baked in to people's thinking.

Friend or foe.

The Biden administration is relying on a variety of private-sector partnerships to help fund and implement goal of ending hunger in America by 2030.

President Joe Biden says his administration's goal of ending hunger in the U.S. by the end of the decade is ambitious but doable, if only the nation would work together.

As the country’s food charities struggle to keep up with rising inflation and demand, the White House will host a conference on Wednesday.

The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030.

Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections.

Vice President Richard Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate in U.S. history on this day in history, Sept. 26, 1960.

The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the peak of the Cold War.

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

On Sept. 23, 1952, Richard Nixon delivered in front of a national TV audience what became known as the “Checkers Speech,” a 30-minute address to the nation.

The Fox News host looked back at the Watergate scandal that Nixon himself once discussed on tape.

President Joe Biden is finding it’s easier to call out attacks on democracy than it is to stop them.

Hanging out with Richard Nixon's daughter.

For centuries America has avoided seriously considering whether former presidents should ever be prosecuted. Now that luxury is gone.

Donald Trump isn’t the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records.

Never before has the National Archives and Records Administration been caught up in a criminal investigation of a former president.

It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W.

George Christian helped CBS News document iconic global events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Nelson Mandela's prison release and presidential election.

Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap and other inequities facing borrowers of color.

Pardoning Donald Trump would be the best way to ensure he never runs for office again.

Congress passed the Presidential Records Act after Watergate, preserving documents that otherwise would have been Pres. Nixon's personal property.

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

John Dean, former President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, predicted on Sunday that media supporters of former President Trump will have a “egg all over their face” when the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into matters involving classified documents comes to an eventual end. During an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter asked Dean…

Climate activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, something the White House hasn't done yet.

After the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, state Republicans near-unanimously lined up behind Trump—before further details left them silent.

The FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home as part of an investigation into whether he improperly took documents from the White House was celebrated by some as proof that no one is above the law and denounced by others as a political attack. Little is known about the aims of Department of Justice investigators and what evidence they may have gathered. There are laws governing how presidents are supposed to handle documents that, at least theoretically, can trigger prosecuti

Brazil, France, Israel and others have taken legal action against ex-leaders without doing lasting damage to their political culture.

The gate to former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2022. Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty ImagesThe FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, on Aug. 8, 2022, has sparked a vigorous outcry from Trump and his allies. The details of the search are not clear, but reporting by The New York Times confirms that the search was “at least in part” for presidential records that Trump had taken from the White House and which were

The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence is ricocheting around government, politics and a polarized country.

Anyone who is certain about the meaning of Friday’s positive job numbers should consider similar certitudes from the 1970s. And maybe listen to real people.

The Jan. 6 congressional hearings have paused, at least for now, and Washington is taking stock of what was learned about the actions of Donald Trump and associates surrounding the Capitol attack.

The FBI says it found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge.

A former national security official in the Trump White House, Matthew Pottinger, and a former press aide, Sarah Matthews, will be the key witnesses at a prime-time hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.

William Olson spoke to President Donald Trump on Christmas Day in 2020 and sent him a plan he said would help him remain in power.

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church.

President Joe Biden’s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region’s most iconic places.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont underwent surgery Thursday after he broke his hip in a fall at his home.

The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House.

The House Jan. 6 committee began its work under deep political skepticism.

The law that gave women opportunities to play gave us Allyson Felix, Katie Ledecky, Sue Bird and many more.

Since the legislation was signed, the landscape of sports changed forever with the opportunities it has given female athletes.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its fourth public hearing Tuesday afternoon. The panel will focus on efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure local and state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins "CBS News Mornings" from Capitol Hill with a preview of the hearing.

Nielsen numbers tell us how many people watched live coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings — 20 million the first night, 11 million the second and nearly 9 million for the third.

Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on campuses.

Jay Powell wants us to believe he has what it takes to bring inflation under control. History warns us to be skeptical.

Jim McCormac has seen many eagle nests over the years, but nothing like the one he saw on June 3. Read more to discover his surprising find!

Guests can experience the space where E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy spied on President Richard Nixon’s political opponents in 1972.

Guests can experience the space where E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy spied on President Richard Nixon’s political opponents in 1972.

China is defending its tough “zero-COVID” policy after the U.S. ambassador said it is causing serious damage to the global economy and foreign business sentiment.

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.

Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart, in vastly different eras, and they were about different things.

50 years after the Watergate break-in, one of the first reporters to cover it looks back — and sees some lessons for today.

When presidents take steps to ignore what their government is telling them, they also forsake its professionalism, honesty and competence.

Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s early movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died.

Following the 1972 break-in into Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex, 60 Minutes interviewed many people who became central to the break-in and the subsequent cover-up.

Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate complex, historians are still piecing together the crime, and the coverup, that brought down a presidency – and that continues to shape Washington today.

Stagflation.

Just as Watergate was not really about the Watergate break-in, January 6 is not really about the January 6 riot.

In the thick of the Watergate scandal, Martha Mitchell invited Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to her apartment in Manhattan, where the reporters went through John Mitchell’s private documents.

A congressional committee’s hearings on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are coming up, and the public has been told to expect revelations.

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States has a “commitment” to help Taiwan militarily if China invades.

Former White House national security adviser Robert C.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, giving bipartisan backing to Powell’s high-stakes efforts to curb the highest inflation in four decades.

There’s nothing official Washington loves better than a juicy whodunit.

President Joe Biden took the White House press corps' annual gala as an opportunity to make light of the criticism he has faced in his 15 months in office.