In the past week, I've twice been close enough to Dick Cheney to kick him in the shins. ...more

January 13, 2009

W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, has died. He was 95. ...more

December 19, 2008

WASHINGTON - President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House. ...more

November 7, 2008

"The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008," by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $32) ...more

September 21, 2008

The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post editor and author Bob Woodward. ...more

September 6, 2008

"Not Exactly a Crime" is the title of a book on America's vice presidents published in 1972 - a year before Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign for actually committing a crime. ...more

July 2, 2008