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Risk, Reward And Plenty Of Photo Ops: The History Of Presidential Travel Abroad

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with historians Ed Ayers (@edward_l_ayers) and Brian Balogh (@historyfellow), who say understanding past presidential journeys may shed light on President Trump's inaugural trip abroad.

Brian Balogh

Al Jazeera Newshour

Miller Center Senior Fellow Chris Lu, a former Obama Administration official, is interviewed by Al Jazeera TV about President Trump's budget

Chris Lu

‘RussiaGate’ Has Become a Catastrophic Failure of Leadership — and a Debacle From Which the Trump Presidency Will Not Recover

Based on what we know already, and new revelations that will soon illuminate more key events in this sequence, our country faces a dramatic constitutional exigency. This crisis now is directly about the president himself, and one for which — with the firing of FBI Director Jim Comey — he now bears complete responsibility. Bluntly stated, it has become a catastrophic failure of conduct and leadership — and a debacle from which the Trump presidency will not recover.

Douglas Blackmon

The Presidency

American presidents have long recorded their conversations

FDR, Richard Nixon, and others in between generated thousands of hours of audio from meetings and telephone calls. Is Donald Trump doing the same?

Past Present: Comey's Firing, Teeth & Dentistry, and the Bachelorette

On this week's show, Niki, Natalia, and Neil debate Jim Comey’s firing, teeth and dental care, and the Bachelorette’s first black star.

Nicole Hemmer

The Breitbartization of Fox News

Perhaps the biggest challenge for Fox has been Donald Trump. Many conservatives at Fox approached the amateur politician with extreme caution right from the start, understanding that his crassness, cruelty and caprice could spell disaster for conservatism and the Republican Party. But that skepticism toward Trump came at a cost. As Trump turned his rage against Fox, the network quickly lost ground to upstarts staking out pro-Trump positions. Then Trump won, and Fox News remade itself in the image of Breitbart.

Nicole Hemmer