Wikipedia Shortly thereafter “Pretty Boy ... Universal Images Group via Getty Images “It was the greatest triumph of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI to date,” Oller writes of “Machine Gun ...

For nearly half a century, J. Edgar Hoover presided over the FBI with an iron fist. His career began with a wave of anti-communist raids in 1919. It ended during the presidency of his friend ...

(RNS)— In 'The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover,' Stanford professor Lerone Martin details how the longtime FBI director shaped the belief in America as a Christian nation. (RNS) — Lerone Martin’s ...

No federal bureaucrat played a bigger role in 20th-century law enforcement than J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), who served as the head of the FBI and its predecessor agency for half a century.

Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past, as his predecessors typically did the job with little fanfare. By Adam Goldman and Aric Toler A presidential ...

Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. In her masterful, 732-page biography of Hoover, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, the Yale historian ...

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI chief, has said he wants to dismantle the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the agency’s concrete fortress headquarters in Washington, and disperse the 7,000 ...

During The Crown’s six-season run, the hit show about Queen Elizabeth II and her family never shied from taking on the more controversial—and perhaps embellished—scenes from her life.

Yale University professor Beverly Gage talked about the two images that the public often holds regarding long time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's life and career. This talk was part of the ...

“Charles and Ann Morrow Lindbergh, the baby’s parents, even declined [FBI Director J. Edgar] Hoover’s offer to meet,” John ...