Concerns about the renaissance of the "imperial presidency" are simplistic and misplaced, Roberts proposes, because they largely ignore how executive authority in the United States has been weakened by political, economic, and institutional forces. President Bush's actions after 9/11 reflect the ...
The rapid turnover of prime ministers during Joe Biden's presidency did not allow any of them to build up a close working relationship. In any case, Bidenchose to identify with his Irish, and not his English, heritage. Until this second Trump...
Five and a half years into his presidency, George Bush finally vetoed a bill this week. Oddly enough, it was one that most Americans support: it would have expanded foderal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. The House and Senate had both passed the bill by wide, but not veto-...
Bush and Barack Obama had no such grounds for concern.1 Many scholars of the presidency see as the model for presidential-press relations as the amiable back-and-forth between reporters and presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy; they may also envision the reliance of 1 ...
He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not ...
16, 2012 memorial service for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred two days prior in Newtown, Conn. Obama still refers to the shooting as "the darkest day of my presidency," writes Raymond J. de Souza. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Imag...
presidency has turned more and more to the left — not in policy, but in handedness. Barrack Obama is the latest to join a long list of left — handed presidents from the 20th century: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill...
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Bush. I asked him what he thought of President Donald Trump’s speech. He said, “Pretty good.” Quite different than eight years ago, when he was reported as saying Trump’s inauguration speech was some “weird shit.” Eugene Daniels01/20/2025, 1:24pm E...
“A black C student can't be a manager at Burger King, meanwhile a white C student just happens to be the President of the United States,” he once joked about racism in the United States during George Bush's presidency. That is the beauty of stand-up comedy. Just about anything can...