The case for Fed Independence in the Nixon Tapes You know Watergate, but do you know Fedgate? The more subtle scandal with more monetary policy and, arguably, much higher stakes. In today's ...

In today's episode, we listen back through the Nixon White House tapes to search for evidence of an alarming chapter in American economic history: When the President of the United States seemingly ...

This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.

Some thoughts and other musings from Saturday’s Capital District Mayor’s Cup games between the Union and RPI men’s and ...

But it was President Richard Nixon who most blatantly wielded the IRS as a political weapon. The White House tapes recorded Nixon urging aide John Ehrlichman in 1971 to get the IRS to dig into the ...

The youngest person to serve as White House press secretary is about to make her debut in the briefing room. Karoline Leavitt ...

Nixon and his family would work with notes on pillowcases instead of verbal conversations. Leaks, bugs and spies were useful and common weapons. And tapes. Taping conversations was not an uncommon ...

Richard Nixon was nominated for best spoken-word recording ... Harry Truman was nominated for a Grammy in 1978. "The Truman Tapes," a series of recorded interviews with Ben Gradus, was nominated ...

Pierre Poilievre has become a lightning rod for Canadians’ frustration, and for those seeking cathartic release from simply ...

He won an epic victory at the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon, which turned loose the White House tapes that were the last shot below the waterline of a sinking administration. He then ...