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One bigly unindicted co-conspirator and other bunches of them, including some in Epstein files now

Trump's efforts to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reminiscent of the way Nixon created a team of secret investigators, known as "the plumbers," to find incriminating or embarrassing evidence about his enemies, said Ken Hughes, a leading Watergate authority and research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Ken Hughes

Trump’s revolving door returns

With no movement in Trump’s cabinet during the first year, one might have assumed that the president had learned from his first administration that high rates of turnover caused instability and ultimately undermined his first-term agenda. However, the early departures in the second year now saddle Trump with the second-highest level of cabinet instability (going back to Ronald Reagan)—second only to himself (2017-18). At this point in his first administration, Trump had lost four cabinet secretaries.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

At a Moment of Chaos in Trump’s Washington, the Royals Come to Town

“In some ways I am surprised that the Secret Service would say, ‘Yes, come ahead, King Charles, it’ll be fine,’ and it’s a little bit surprising that he wanted to come,” said Barbara Perry, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “On the other hand, this will be a way for him to prove that we have this bond and at that, despite what happened on Saturday night, he is willing to come and possibly risk his life.”

Barbara Perry

Breaking Down Trump’s Cabinet Turnover

While the Cabinet draws the biggest headlines, a number of other key decision-makers, especially at the National Security Council, have left the White House over the last 15 months – almost a record number, Brookings Institution scholar Katie Dunn Tenpas tells West Wing Playbook.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

War in Iran, MAGA enraged... Has Donald Trump lost his touch?

"Even by the yardstick of Trumpian excesses, this post, published on the day of Orthodox Easter, and the president’s coarse language are unreasonable and irrational," worries political scientist Barbara A. Perry, who has interviewed every American president since George H. W. Bush (1988–1992).

Barbara Perry

America at 250: Revisiting Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams

In celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Miller Center and In Pursuit join forces to discuss the legacies of Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams as unique visionaries who had forward-looking perspectives during their times as president.

William Antholis, Lindsay Chervinsky