"Nixon fired the man investigating him. Will Trump? ... Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein look back on the [1973] Saturday Night Massacre," adapted from their 1976 book, "The Final Days" — Lead of WashPost Outlook section:

"We’re here again. A powerful and determined president is squaring off against an independent investigator operating inside the Justice Department."

Key quotes:

• "We covered that eerily similar confrontation for The Washington Post 45 years ago."
• "Nixon didn’t know it at the time, but the Saturday Night Massacre would become a pivot point in his presidency — crucial to the charge that he’d obstructed justice."
• "For him, the consequences were terminal."
• Worthy of your time.