On this day in 1973, the Vice-President of the United States resigned from office after pleading no contest to accepting bribes. Pretty big deal, right? But Spiro Agnew has been largely lost to ...

American faith in news is at an all-time low, aided by a president hostile to the press. But presidents have long attacked ...

MIAMI BEACH, Aug. 8--The Republican National Convention which last night nominated Richard M. Nixon because he was the man who could unify the party, almost split wide open tonight in a floor fight ...

He loved the limelight, was a voice for the silent majority and served as governor of Maryland before going out with a bang. St. Mary’s College of Maryland professor Chuck Holden spoke earlier this ...

President Trump’s performance at last Friday’s retooled White House Correspondents’ Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon’s media attack dog. In ...

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US Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace from office on October 10, 1973. Agnew had his resignation to the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivered at 2.05pm that afternoon. Minutes ...

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