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Is Obama breaking norms as a former President? Not really.

Nicholas Jacobs - September 25, 2018

As former president Barack Obama has begun campaigning for Democrats

Breaking border laws is as American as it gets

Peter Andreas - July 3, 2018

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Even if Trump is as smart as he says he is, does it matter? Maybe not.

Kendall Bailey and Costas Panagopoulos - February 14, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/im-like-a-smart-person-a-year-of-trump-talking-about-trump/2018/01/19/70adc8fc-fd8f-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_video.html President Trump is a self-proclaimed “very stable genius,” who

What happened to the State of the Union address? Originally, it helped the president and Congress deliberate.

Connor Ewing and Charles Zug - January 30, 2018

On Tuesday night, President Trump delivers his State of the

The Founders hated excessive flattery. What would they think about the Trump administration?

Daniel Kapust - January 22, 2018

George Washington warned America to avoid "superfluous compliments."

Lots of Americans don’t think slavery caused the Civil War

John Sides - November 1, 2017

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Here’s what you need to know about the presidential power to pardon

Andrew Rudalevige - July 24, 2017

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/can-the-president-pardon-himself/2017/07/21/e1531082-6e3b-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_video.html Early Saturday morning, President Trump declared via tweet that

Wait, is Sessions invoking preemptive “executive privilege”? Here’s the problem with that.

Andrew Rudalevige - June 13, 2017

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The U.S. census is in trouble. This is why it’s crucial to what the nation knows about itself.

Henry Farrell - May 15, 2017

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Unlike all previous U.S. presidents, Trump almost never mentions democratic ideals

Jason Stanley and David Beaver - February 7, 2017

[caption id="attachment_53720" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Melania Trump (L) and former president