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Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go?

Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin College, said Trump’s steady accretion of power is striking because it bucks historical precedent. “In the past when you’ve had the expansion of presidential power, it’s almost always been because of a pretty-well-agreed-upon national emergency,” Rudalevige said. “The Civil War is a big boost for presidential power. The Depression and World War II are boosts for presidential power. … There’s no equivalent of that now.”

Andrew Rudalevige

A new Henry Kissinger documentary gilds the stinkweed

“Kissinger” is more recap than reveal. It repeats, without shedding new light, on the ways Kissinger has long been celebrated and castigated. Defenders say he did great things for American foreign policy, critics say he did terrible things to other countries and neither pay much attention to the terrible things he did to America.

Ken Hughes

President Trump, Don’t Fall into Putin’s Arms Control Trap

Vladimir Putin has suggested several times in recent months that the 2010 New START nuclear arms treaty due to expire in February 2026 should be extended. President Trump has expressed interest in making an arms control deal and has even considered the possibility that Xi Jinping’s PRC might be added to the agreement.

Eric Edelman

AI, national security, and democratic accountability

The role of artificial intelligence in U.S. national security creates potential challenges for democratic accountability. A panel of experts examines how Americans can be confident that the federal government's use of these AI systems comports with American values, including rationality, lawfulness, and accountability.

Ashley Deeks

From Truman to a kind of Versailles: the story of vanity and power in the metamorphosis of the White House that culminates in Trump's ballroom.

The White House remains one of the world's most iconic landmarks, representing the ideals and power of the United States of America and its long history of liberal-democratic nationalism. Since its inauguration in 1800, the building has undergone numerous changes . Donald Trump was by no means the first president to seek to make a difference by attributing symbolic significance to it.

Marc Selverstone

Radical constitutional change

Prakash describes how and why radical constitutional change occurs and the vertigo that it precipitates.

Saikrishna Prakash