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The investigations into the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation
Two U.S. presidents have had articles of impeachment actually approved by the House of Representatives during the past fifty years (roughly 1976–2026): Bill Clinton and Donald Trump; Trump was impeach...
have reshaped wars, institutions and public trust: ’s misleading account of the helped escalate the War, ’s administration used faulty claims about ’s weapons to justify invasion, and ’s deceptions to...
Past have had mixed and context-dependent effects on midterm turnout and party performance: sometimes they galvanized opposition voters and reshaped congressional control, while at other times they pr...
Federal probes involving sitting U.S. senators are a recurring feature of American governance: Congress itself has conducted investigative inquiries since the 1790s and the Senate has both led public ...
Richard Nixon’s presidency became the shorthand example of executive abuse because a reelection scheme escalated into a deliberate cover-up that implicated the Oval Office, federal agencies, and a pat...
Only one U.S. president is clearly documented in the provided reporting as having been effectively told by Congressional leaders to resign: Richard M. Nixon, who stepped down in August 1974 after top ...
Across the last fifty years (roughly 1976–2026), only one Democratic president has been impeached by a Republican-controlled House: President Bill Clinton in 1998, when the Republican majority pursued...