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USA: Watergate: No longer possible today?

There is debate in the United States about whether presidents can be prosecuted for actions while in office. In the wake of the Watergate affair, the Supreme Court ruled against the president 50 years ago. But times have changed.

Ken Hughes

Mara Rudman on Latest Call for Gaza Cease-Fire

Mara Rudman, Professor at the University of Virginia Miller Center, discusses the latest on turmoil in the Middle East, as the US calls for another round of Gaza cease-fire talks.

Mara Rudman

Biden set to share legacy with LBJ

Biden “is above the fray now” as a so-called lame duck, added McKee. But the presidential studies professor explained that status as a lame duck “might actually give him more efficacy in terms of actually executing the duties and responsibilities of the presidency than if he were a candidate.”

Guian McKee

Hostages, Assassinations, and the Future of National Defense

Eric and Eliot discuss the multinational hostage return deal with Russia and talk about what it reveals about the Russia and the Putin regime, the diplomatic skill in pulling it off and the moral calculus between the imperative of getting wrongly accused American citizens home and the danger of political moral hazard by encouraging Putin to take more "hostages" in the future.

Eric Edelman

Eric Edelman and Mara Rudman on U.S. Military Readiness

Commission on the National Defense Strategy Vice Chair Eric Edelman and Commissioner Mara Rudman talked about the bipartisan panel’s report on U.S. defense strategy and military readiness.

Mara Rudman, Eric Edelman

Will Tim Walz’s selection as Harris’s running mate shift the US election?

Barbara Perry, a professor in presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, acknowledged Trump’s position is “not totally incorrect” historically. But she questioned whether that history will apply in a race that continues to veer into uncharted territory.

Barbara Perry