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If a sitting president and the entire executive branch were simultaneously removed or incapacitated, the Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act lay out a specific order: the vice president i...
’s approval ratings during comparable points of his presidencies have trended lower than many recent when measured against modern -era benchmarks, and they stand out chiefly for extreme partisan polar...
Joe Biden’s approval ratings during and at the end of his presidency trended lower than most recent post‑World War II presidents, with multiple measures showing his averages among the lowest on record...
Since 1980, , though counts differ depending on whether one counts every funding gap or only full "shutdowns." , while other presidents (Reagan, Carter, Obama) saw fewer or shorter shutdowns depending...
If a sitting U.S. president were medically diagnosed with dementia, the U.S. Constitution and federal practice point to two legal routes: voluntary transfer of power (resignation or delegation under t...
MAGA is widely depicted in recent reporting and commentary as a populist, nationalist and media-driven movement that departs from key pillars of traditional conservatism—especially free‑trade preferen...
Presidents have repeatedly sent U.S. forces, including Marines, into combat or combat-like operations without a prior formal declaration of war by Congress; Justice Department and congressional-histor...
supports for layered reasons: and military assistance that anchor U.S. interests in , historical and moral ties dating to Israel’s 1948 recognition, and robust political and economic links that includ...
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...
There is no single authoritative count in the provided sources that tallies every U.S. politician killed or injured in assassination attempts since 1900; available listings and timelines instead catal...
Charlie Kirk was born in October 1993 in the Chicago suburbs and raised by professional parents in a politically engaged, predominantly conservative household; he became active in politics in high sch...
Democratic administrations generally pursue : raising top individual and corporate rates, expanding credits for lower‑ and middle‑income households, increasing IRS enforcement, and sometimes proposing...
Both major U.S. parties — Republicans and Democrats — have played roles in past federal government shutdowns; historical shutdowns occurred under presidents and Congresses controlled by each party at ...
Available analyses disagree on precise attribution, but multiple sources show deficits rose under Republican presidencies in the post‑1980 era (notably Reagan, both Bushes, and Trump) while deficits g...
Official, comparable annual deportation totals for every president from Reagan through Trump are not provided in the supplied sources; available reporting instead gives fiscal-year snapshots, administ...
A public diagnosis of dementia for a former U.S. president would carry legal, political and reputational consequences but would not automatically trigger a change in office or criminal liability; the ...
Measured as debt held by the public relative to GDP, Donald Trump’s term saw roughly a 23 percentage-point increase in the debt‑to‑GDP ratio — a sharp rise largely tied to the COVID recession and reli...
Bill Clinton’s 1994 legislative package—most notably the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the 1996 welfare reform (PRWORA)—marked a clear policy shift that tightened immigration-relat...
The constitutional mechanism for transferring presidential power is the 25th Amendment: Section 3 allows a president to voluntarily declare temporary inability and hand powers to the vice president; S...