News & Politics How “-Gate” Got So Popular for Scandals The story behind the ubiquitous naming convention. Richard Nixon, Scandal, watergate, Watergate HotelJuly 8, 2022
News & Politics | Things to Do A New Watergate Comedy Is as Weird as the Scandal Itself The movie "18 ½" has hippies, swingers, bossa nova, and a conspiracy linking Wonder Bread to Howard Hughes. Independent Film, Richard Nixon, watergateJune 8, 2022
News & Politics 5 Key Clashes Between Presidents and the Press A new book chronicles a fraught relationship. Abraham Lincoln, Capital Comment, FDR, John AdamsMay 4, 2022
Food | Things to Do Drink Like It’s 1972 in the Watergate Hotel’s New “Scandal Igloos” The luxury faux-igloo trend gets a strange, Nixon-era twist. Igloos, Richard Nixon, Scandal, Scandal IgloosDecember 1, 2021
News & Politics Elvis Met Nixon 50 Years Ago Today in One of the Weirdest White House Meetings in History A look back at archival materials from one very strange Oval Office moment. Elvis Presley, National Archives, Richard Nixon, White HouseDecember 21, 2020
News & Politics A Final Interview With Nixon “Plumber” Egil “Bud” Krogh, Who Has Died at Age 80 His memoir is currently being made into an HBO series Egil Krogh, HBO, Richard Nixon, TVJanuary 19, 2020
News & Politics The Real Story of the Sans Souci: The Super-Exclusive DC Restaurant Where Even Mick Jagger Couldn’t Get a Table An ode to the watering hole where Spotteds and the power lunch came to be Ben Bradlee, DC History, Features, Frank SinatraJuly 21, 2019
News & Politics PHOTOS: July 4, 1970, Was Politicized in DC. And Things Got Crazy The "Honor America Day" rally for Nixon supporters turned into a splitscreen as protesters bathed in the Reflecting Pool Fourth of July, Richard NixonJuly 3, 2019
News & Politics 5 Experts You’ll Be Hearing From if Trump Ever Gets Impeached Your talking head cheat sheet. Akhil Reed Amar, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, BooksMarch 12, 2019
News & Politics Why Thomas Mallon’s Latest Novel Is About George W. Bush And no, he won't be writing a Trump book. Books, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, PresidentsFebruary 14, 2019
5 Key Clashes Between Presidents and the Press