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Vice President Dick Cheney delivers his speech to troops at Fairchild Air Force base in Spokane, Washington, April 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Dustin Snipes, file)
November 4, 2025, 3:22 pm
Dick Cheney, dominant, divisive strategist of America’s ‘war on terror,’ dies at 84
The former US vice president’s hardline policies, steadfast support for Israel, and rift with Trump’s Republican party defined a half-century in US politics
By Stav Levaton
File: Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, December 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
June 16, 2023, 11:57 pm
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker who exposed Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
Fighter-turned-whistle-blower embodied the individual of conscience, answering only to his sense of right and wrong even if price was his own freedom
By Hillel Italie
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger briefs newsmen on Friday, Oct. 12, 1973 at the State Department in Washington. The press conference followed his visit to the United Nations where he conferred with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban on the troubled Middle East. (AP Photo)
May 30, 2023, 9:09 am
Kissinger denies delaying weapons airlifts to Israel during 1973 Yom Kippur War
Iconic ex-top US diplomat says supply complicated by logistical issues, and Washington initially thought Israel was already winning: ‘This was a huge step we took. It saved Israel’
By ToI Staff
Steve Salen in an undated photo in his Manhattan atelier. (Family via JTA)
December 6, 2022, 10:52 am
Steven Salen, Holocaust-survivor tailor who dressed presidents, dies at 103
After serving as a slave to the Nazi war machine on the Eastern front, Salen emigrated to the US, becoming an outfitter to the country’s most powerful and influential people
By Ron Kampeas
Former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in support of Doug Mastriano for Governor of Pennsylvania and Mehmet Oz for US Senate at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022. (Ed JONES / AFP)
September 4, 2022, 5:09 pm
Keeping America’s secrets: Trump’s unprecedented disregard of post-Watergate norms
Dramas over safeguarding US government documents have cropped up over the years, but FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has exposed indifference to rules on scale some thought inconceivable
By AAMER MADHANI
In this file photo taken on August 9, 1974, the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, bids farewell to the White House staff. (Consolidated News Pictures/AFP)
June 18, 2022, 6:20 pm
50 years on, journalist who uncovered Watergate still wonders why Nixon did it
Bob Woodward says the then-incumbent was a sure win for the 1972 elections; half a century later, people have yet to crack psychology behind act
By Chris Lefkow
In this file photo taken on August 9, 1974, the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, bids farewell to the White House staff. (Consolidated News Pictures/AFP)
June 18, 2022, 8:04 am
Sole woman on Watergate prosecution team compares scandal to Trump’s Jan. 6 hearings
Jill Wine-Banks tells of sexism and barriers; says world has changed since Nixon faced hearings, but committee doing ‘brilliantly’ with compelling storytelling
By AFP
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Kellogg Arena, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
December 19, 2019, 5:13 am
Impeachment forever changes Trump’s legacy
Trump will be first US president to run for reelection after being impeached and a win is only way to salvage his reputation
By Jonathan Lemire
Richard Nixon, left, greets Gov. Ronald Reagan, right, as the California chief executive arrives in San Diego on August 16, 1968. (Henry Burroughs/AP)
July 31, 2019, 11:42 am
Reagan, in 1971 phone call to Nixon, called African UN delegates ‘monkeys’
Infuriated at countries supporting a vote to accept China into international body, California governor told US president that ‘they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Philip Roth in Aix en Provence, France, in 1999. (Pascal Parrot/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images, JTA)
July 12, 2019, 1:01 pm
A look at the most interesting Philip Roth possessions up for auction
Some of the late Jewish author’s typewriters are among the 129 items from his estate to be sold next week, with proceeds going to charity
By Josefin Dolsten
Spiro Agnew campaigning at the Republican Convention in Miami in 1972 (Keystone/Getty Images via JTA)
February 22, 2019, 9:12 pm
Nixon’s vice president asked Saudis for money to fight US ‘Zionists’ — MSNBC
Spiro Agnew, in letter to crown prince, said ‘Zionists orchestrated organized attack on me’ as ‘I’d never agree to continuance of unfair and disastrous favoring of Israel’
By JTA
Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for Alsheich at the start of his term, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
December 4, 2018, 4:57 pm
The Netanyahu paradox: Guarding Israel from enemies without, causing harm within
Focus switched instantly Tuesday from PM’s corruption woes to Hezbollah tunnels. On security, he retains Israelis’ trust, which makes his attacks on the police even more troubling
By David Horovitz
US President Richard M. Nixon, right, and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev drink a toast at the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 1973. The toast comes after the two leaders signed a pact to limit offensive nuclear arsenals. (AP)
October 14, 2018, 9:36 pm
How Leonid Brezhnev almost escalated the Yom Kippur War into a nuclear nightmare
With Nixon in a drunken stupor on the verge of impeachment, and Israel locked in deadly war, an unstable Soviet leader was moving nuclear cargo into an Egyptian port
By Eric Cortellessa
Former US president Richard Nixon. (photo credit: National Archives & Records Administration, public domain)
September 10, 2018, 3:36 am
Watergate memories spring to life with Trump’s troubles
As Trump mulls firing ‘enemy’ officials, Nixon’s onetime fixer warns of an ‘unchecked president who is inclined to abuse his powers’
By Calvin Woodward and Nancy Benac
US President Donald Trump pumps his fist to the crowd as he arrives at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas on May 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON)
June 5, 2018, 8:40 am
Can Trump pardon himself? Not if he’s impeached
Claim made by US president omits a notable exception; moreover, his lawyer Giuliani says, pardoning himself is ‘unthinkable,’ would lead to immediate impeachment
By Anne Flaherty
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