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It all comes down to uncertainty.
The Trump administration has asserted a new balance of power among the three formerly coequal branches of government. In its version, the president has almost kinglike powers.
Why presidents need to maintain a healthy set of gnashers.
Some presidents are considered great, others are not. What are the factors that make a difference?
By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun in the mid-19th century.
Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term as US president at the US Capitol Building on January 20.
An unpopular president, then a respected philanthropist and peacemaker, Jimmy Carter will be remembered as a pious man whose actions were always rooted in his religious faith.
Donald Trump claims the 2024 election gave him a mandate. Scholars who study the presidency are skeptical about the entire concept of a mandate. That hasn’t stopped many presidents from claiming one.
Senators have the power to approve or reject a president’s cabinet nominees. A loophole allows presidents to do an end run around the Senate – but Senate leaders have to agree to it.
Trump has dominated US politics for at least a decade.
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out legal battles.
While not topping any lists for great presidents, Carter has long championed causes that have never been more relevant, from peace in the Middle East to climate change.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are far from the first politicians to change their mind about topics, from the innocuous to important policy shifts.
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares memorable moments from previous events.
Even Louis XIV of France, the epitome of absolute monarchy, did not stand above the law. Kings have always been defined and constrained by legal precedent.
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and other presidents showed that getting limited information as president can have some benefits – but also risks.
Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
Donald Trump stands trial – the first former president to do so – on April 15, 2024.
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