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Autopens have been used by U.S. presidents for decades — reportedly beginning as early as Dwight Eisenhower’s term, publicly acknowledged under Gerald Ford, and formally cleared by the Justice Departm...
No U.S. president has lawfully pardoned someone for a state crime; the Constitution limits the presidential pardon to “offences against the United States,” and legal authorities and government guides ...
Autopen-style signature machines have a long lineage dating to Thomas Jefferson’s use of a polygraph in the early 19th century, and modern autopens were used by multiple 20th- and 21st-century preside...
Several past U.S. presidents and high-level officials have faced serious legal exposures—including impeachment, criminal investigations, pleas, and convictions of associates—but , making his convictio...
Autopen machines have been used by many U.S. presidents for decades to reproduce signatures on routine and time-sensitive documents; documented modern uses include Barack Obama signing the Patriot Act...
Donald J. Trump is the first former U.S. president to be criminally indicted, facing multiple federal and state prosecutions whose outcomes remain subject to ongoing litigation and trial scheduling . ...
The available reporting compiled here does for the Obama-era conversion of the White House tennis court into a full-sized basketball court in 2009; contemporary summaries note the conversion but . Cov...
A handful of U.S. presidents and former presidents have faced arrest, investigation, indictment or conviction at different times; the standout in recent years is Donald Trump, who was charged in multi...
The 25th Amendment has been formally used multiple times since its 1967 ratification: Section 2 (to fill a vice‑presidential vacancy) was used twice in 1973–74 when Nixon and then Ford nominated Geral...
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been used, but not in the way some headlines imply: its provisions have been invoked multiple times to fill vacancies and to temporarily transfer power when presidents w...
Fifteen U.S. presidents are commonly listed as Freemasons if you count Lyndon B. Johnson (initiated but not raised); most reputable masonic and journalistic lists put the number at 14 or 15 and note G...
The Constitution vests the federal clemency power exclusively in the President, who may grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses, but the power expressly excludes matters and does not clearly ...
Historic practice: nearly every U.S. president since James Madison has attended at least one service at St. John’s Episcopal — dubbed the “Church of the Presidents” — and many presidents are recorded ...
The White House has hosted two distinct presidential pools: an , and a ; the indoor pool was later covered and repurposed as the press briefing room . The outdoor pool, financed by private donations a...
Historic ranking polls of U.S. presidents differ by methodology and timing, but recent expert surveys converge on a clear pattern: , while rankings for others like George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Jimmy...
The historical record shows that no single U.S. president clearly stands apart as the undisputed target of the most assassination attempts; instead, , with four presidents killed in office (Abraham Li...
Bob Woodward is on record denying Republican claims that he told Rep. James Comer that President Biden was “financially corrupt,” and The Washington Post has been the outlet where Woodward works and w...
Contemporary sources in the packet describe the history and controversy around the presidential pardon power and highlight notable, high-profile uses, but they do provide a clear, comprehensive list o...
Only one U.S. president has been criminally convicted: Donald J. Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a New York hush‑money case tied to the 2016 campaign . No ...
Gerald R. Ford commissioned the current outdoor White House pool in 1975 to provide the athletic, twice-daily swimmer-president with exercise space; the pool was financed entirely by private donations...