The Presidency



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All Articles on The Presidency

How Presidential Succession Works

Learn what happens when a president dies, resigns, or can't serve, and how succession works if both leaders are gone…

Can a President Serve More Than Two Terms?

The Twenty-Second Amendment caps elections, not years served, so a successor president can serve up to about ten years, and…

How Executive Orders Work—And When Courts Can Strike Them Down

In January 2025, Donald Trump signed 225 executive orders in his first year—the highest first-year count since Franklin Roosevelt's emergency…

Why FDR Issued More Executive Orders Than Any Modern President

Franklin D. Roosevelt issued executive orders during his presidency—the most commonly cited figure is 3,721, though some authoritative sources list…

Can Federal Employees Challenge Politically-Motivated Hiring Rules?

Trump's White House has eliminated more than 300,000 federal positions in its first year through a combination of hiring freezes,…

Trump Added His Name to the Kennedy Center. Here’s How He Did It.

On December 18, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, chaired by…

The $2 Billion Year: How the Presidency Contributed to Trump Profits in 2025

Unlike the period from 2017 to 2021, which was characterized by a publicly stated—if contested—attempt to firewall the President's private…

Why Trump’s Chief of Staff Compared Him to an Alcoholic

For nearly a decade, Susie Wiles, the White House Chief of Staff, cultivated a reputation as the "Ice Maiden"—an operator…