GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When President Gerald R. Ford took the office, signaling an end to the Watergate scandal, he committed his presidency to healing the country. To do that, he knew that he ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead and ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1565, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the continental United States was founded on the site of the present St. Augustine, Fla. In ...

Most controversial presidential pardons in history - President Joe Biden offered his son a sweeping pardon for all crimes ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, on August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon officially ended his term as the 37th president of the United States. Minutes later, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in ...

This photograph captures the first time that four U.S. presidents gathered in the White House at once. They came together in order to make a plan to represent the United States during an important ...

BOSTON, May 21 -- Former president Gerald Ford was honored today with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for pardoning Richard Nixon in 1974, saying he took the action to "heal the wounds" ...