(The Hill) — The break-in at the Watergate complex 50 years ago this week led to a sweeping government ethics overhaul that included a push to insulate the Department of Justice (DOJ) from politics.

HBO's White House Plumbers miniseries put a more satirical, funny spin on America's Watergate political scandal.

Bob Woodward (l) and Carl Bernstein in 2005 at the Harry Ransom Center, which holds their Watergate papers Credit: Photo courtesy of Eric Beggs This month marks the 35th anniversary of the release of ...

James W. McCord Jr., a security expert who led a band of burglars into the shambles of the Watergate scandal and was the first to expose the White House crimes and cover-ups that precipitated the ...