The first full-scale biography of John N. Mitchell, the central figure in the rise and ruin of Richard Nixon and the highest-ranking American official ever convicted on criminal charges. As U.S.

Fifty years ago, March 1, 1974, marked the beginning of the end of Richard Nixon’s presidency. That’s the day the grand jury’s indictment was made public, naming seven of Nixon’s top aides in the ...

“I’ve found the man,” Richard Nixon told his personal staff in 1967. “I’ve found the heavyweight!” The President was not, of course, speaking of sport but of politics, and his eye was not on the ...

NEW YORK -- A documentary nominated for an Oscar this year seeks to tell a story that's largely been lost to history. Half a century ago, Martha Mitchell was among the most well known women in America ...

Following Richard Nixon’s election as president in 1968, John Mitchell, Nixon’s campaign manager, was asked by the media what to expect when Nixon assumed office. Mitchell said prophetically long ...

Best we could tell, there was a dinner last night at the Georgetown Club to honor John Mitchell, the Nixon confidant and U.S. attorney general who served 18 months in prison for Watergate-related ...

WHEN THE WEEKLY STANDARD asked Robert Novak to review my book, The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate (“Big Bad John,” May 26), I doubt they knew that the syndicated columnist, ...

John Mitchell was Richard Nixon's attorney general from 1969 to 1972 and campaign manager in both of Nixon's elections to the presidency. He was also the first chief law-enforcement officer of the ...

Virginia owes a personal debt to Martha Mitchell. Just after Gov. Linwood Holton — father to former Virginia education secretary Anne Holton and father-in-law to Sen. Tim Kaine — was sworn in as ...

Five things you should know before seeing Martha Mitchell Calling: 1. Martha Mitchell Calling is irritating. It’s irritating because Martha Mitchell is irritating, even more so in this production than ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Thinking big, President Nixon raised the idea of using a nuclear bomb against North Vietnam in 1972, but Henry Kissinger quickly dismissed the notion. "I'd rather use the nuclear ...

When most people think of actor Julia Roberts, they most likely picture her signature movie-star charisma, from her breakout role in Pretty Woman to her Oscar-winning turn in Erin Brockovich. Now, she ...