On this day in 1973, the Vice-President of the United States resigned from office after pleading no contest to accepting bribes. Pretty big deal, right? But Spiro Agnew has been largely lost to ...

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He loved the limelight, was a voice for the silent majority and served as governor of Maryland before going out with a bang. St. Mary’s College of Maryland professor Chuck Holden spoke earlier this ...

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In a TRMS Special Report, Rachel Maddow shares newly published documents revealing former Vice President Spiro Agnew appealed to the Saudi crown prince for millions of dollars to support what he ...

Americans witnessed an unprecedented event 50 years ago: live television coverage on all three national networks of a speech by the vice president of the United States. Speeches by vice ...