President of the United States Archives

Biden’s broad marijuana pardon has precedents

Andrew Rudalevige - October 7, 2022

In some ways, it looks like Jimmy Carter’s amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers

There was no legal way to stop Trump from ordering a nuclear strike if he wanted to, expert says

Elizabeth N. Saunders and Vipin Narang - January 8, 2021

New revelations about Gen. Mark A. Milley’s calls to his Chinese counterpart remind of us of that fact

If you think real men don’t wear masks, you’re more likely to get coronavirus

Tyler Reny - July 15, 2020

New research finds that the most sexist individuals are up to 25 percentage points more likely to report getting the virus

Is the impeachment inquiry really ‘unconstitutional’?

Andrew Rudalevige - October 10, 2019

There’s a long history of White House lawyers saying what the boss wants to hear.

President Trump says he could pardon himself. Shades of Nixon reemerge from behind the curtain.

Andrew Rudalevige - June 5, 2018

[caption id="attachment_59384" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Richard Nixon says at a

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."

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

France votes on Sunday. Can an “enemy of the Republic” pull off a victory?

Alexandre Afonso - May 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_57605" align="aligncenter" width="960"] LEFT: Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel

Are presidential writings getting dumber? We checked — and were surprised.

Ken Benoit, Kevin Munger, and Arthur Spirling - April 14, 2017

[caption id="attachment_56830" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump holds up an executive

Americans don’t like it when men (and only men) make decisions about women

Jennifer Piscopo, Diana O'Brien, and Amanda Clayton - April 4, 2017

https://twitter.com/VP/status/844977432713146370 Last month, the White House released a photo of