A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 9, 1974, Gerald Ford took the oath of office to become the 38th U.S. president after Richard Nixon’s ...

Nixon's resignation – a singular event in U.S. history – bequeathed a political environment that is more partisan and more cynical.

Partisan polarization is one reason that another Nixon-like presidential resignation is hard to foresee. Back in 1974, more than a few Republicans supported Nixon's removal from office.

50 years ago, Richard Nixon resigned from the 37th presidency of the United States, embroiled in the Watergate scandal and shattered public trust. In honor of that anniversary, The Spokesman ...

Five decades ago, on August 8, 1974, then-President Richard Nixon announced his intention to resign from office – the first president in American history to do so. "By taking this action, I hope ...

Later that year, on Oct. 20, 1973, Cox refused to compromise on the tapes and Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned in protest.

Five years after Richard Nixon's resignation, KTTV's Tony Valdez looks back at the former president's historic decision and its effect on national politics. Originally aired August 9, 1979.

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Later that year, on Oct. 20, 1973, Cox refused to compromise on the tapes and Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned in protest.

Former President Richard Nixon's son-in-law Ed Cox is for the first time publicly discussing the disgraced prez's resignation over Watergate -- and says it reminds him of how unfairly Donald Trump ...

Nixon may have believed it, but there was no pro-Nixon media apparatus to feed that alternative reality to the public during the 784 days between break-in and resignation.