To resolve the clash over USAID, look to the Constitution’s separation of powers
Last week, recipients of USAID grants filed lawsuits in response. They say only Congress can decide to fund, or not to fund, ...
He called for increased ‘trustworthiness’ and ‘public steering’ of AI development.
One of the engineers helping Elon Musk do an end run around democratic and constitutional safeguards via what’s being called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) won a $100,000 grant last ...
Trump Riles Washington as He Tries to Overthrow the Existing Order
The new president has left virtually no corner of the nation’s capital untouched in a wide-ranging effort to tear down the ...
Presidential smiles: the untold story of teeth in the White House
It is often suggested that historical portraits avoided smiles because of poor dental hygiene, but in reality, social ...
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U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) contributed the largest percentage increase to U.S. national debt to date. Roosevelt entered office when the United States was in the depths of the Great ...
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Trump pushes border crackdown at House Republican retreat
President Donald Trump regaled House Republicans on Monday with a rhetorical highlight reel from his first week in office, and he urged them to support his immigration crackdown ...
Lederer on Language: What’s in a president’s name? More than you might think
Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...
Four more years of this? | Letters
I shudder to think what the next four years are going to be like. I can’t even stand what he has done on his first day.
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What Can the President Really Do?
The president of the United States occupies a powerful position, but the presidency still operates within the framework of the Constitution and the separation of powers principle, with its checks ...