Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who disclosed Richard Nixon's secret audio taping system, providing the "smoking gun" of the Watergate scandal that brought down the president, has died at age 99.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its authority by installing three prosecutors to lead New Jersey's U.S. Attorney's office without winning U.S. Senate confirmation, a federal judge ruled on Monday, warning that thousands of federal criminal cases could be dismissed as a result.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has lost his affiliation with The National Bureau of Economic Research, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing an email from the research organization's president.