Musk’s slashing of government jobs, programs and departments isn’t the first effort by a president’s appointee to streamline government. William Howard Taft tried to do it − but very differently.
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Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering divisions inside the United States.
Filling out brackets for the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments allows a president to be just a regular Joe. Including Joe Biden.
Pence’s announcement that he will run for president brings to mind how rare it is for a vice president to compete against a former running mate.
If Donald Trump decides to leave the Republican Party and start his own, Teddy Roosevelt and the presidential election of 1912 offer the GOP an ominous warning. Hint: The Democrats win.
As Donald Trump prepares to address the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, here’s how other former presidents have occupied their time after leaving the White House.
President Trump was direct in announcing he had COVID-19. But presidents in the past have been very good at deceiving the public about the state of their health. Which direction will Trump go now?
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