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Two years in, Donald Trump remains the 'unprecedented president'

Trump's first two years in office have proven that he really is an outlier among American presidents, concurred Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. "I would just say he is the unprecedented president. He is completely off the grid," she said. "He is not like anything we have ever seen."

Barbara Perry

The Score: Race Relations, Beer Battles, Minimum Wages, Tucker’s Economics

To get a preview of the panel discussion for The Score, I spoke to Melody Barnes at her Miller Center office in Charlottesville. Noting that January 20 will mark ten years since the inauguration of President Obama, she fielded my questions about the continuing conversation about race and race relations in the United States; whether Obama’s election demonstrated that we are in a “post-racial” era; and what “colorism” means within the African-American community, as highlighted on a recent episode of the ABC-TV sitcom, black-ish.

Melody Barnes

Nixon’s Personal Lawyer Paid Hush Money to Watergate Burglars

“He was basically Nixon’s bagman,” says Ken Hughes, a research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. “He got money where Nixon wanted money spent. He was the source of the money for the slush fund that paid for sabotage and spying activities on the Democratic presidential candidates in 1972.”

Ken Hughes

As The Shutdown Continues, A Look At Trump's Claims About Fixing A Broken System

Barbara Perry directs presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. She says foreign policy is an area where the Constitution and the Supreme Court are clear - the president has a lot of authority all on his own.

Barbara Perry

Picking Global Stocks, U.S. China Trade, Shutdown

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu discusses the State Department telling employees they’re going back to work with pay despite the partial government shutdwn.

Chris Lu

At halfway mark, Donald Trump's campaign promises hit roadblocks

"The area where Trump has had the biggest impact has been without Congress, using the powers of executive branch particularly in deregulation," said Guian McKee, an associate professor in presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. "The trade-off is they can do a lot of things but it is, generally speaking, going to be less permanent than legislative action. The next president can reverse those."

Guian McKee

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