During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that ...

May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...

Gerald Ford’s pardon of predecessor Richard Nixon was roundly criticized at the time and may have cost Ford the 1976 election. Nixon had picked Ford to be vice president, which led to Ford’s ...

He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald Ford, and his name was ... October 12, 1973 – Is named vice president under Richard Nixon after Vice President Spiro T.