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The American Presidency Project  A study of the American presidency established in 1999 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The site offers 104,792 documents related to the study of the presidency.

American President: A Reference Resource This site from the Miller Center at the University of Virginia gives biographical information about each of the presidents, a speech archive, and classroom resources.

"Escorting a Presidency into History: NARA's Role in a White House Transition"  Nancy Kegan Smith's Prologue article describes how NARA collects transfers hundreds of millions of textual, electronic, and audiovisual records, and tens of thousands of presidential and vice presidential gifts.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States Biographies of the presidents. Includes "background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents."

Presidential Libraries Information about presidential libraries and the documents they maintain. Includes links to all of the presidential libraries administered by the National Archives.

"The Presidential Libraries Act after 50 Years"  Raymond Geselbracht and Timothy Walch discuss legislation that provided for the establishment of presidential libraries in this Prologue article.

The Presidents This website from PBS provides documentaries on nine of the 20th-Century presidents. Also included are biographies of all of the presidents, articles, interviews, photographs, and educational resources.

Public Papers of the Presidents The Public Papers of the Presidents are available online through the Government Printing Office (GPO) beginning with George H.W. Bush in 1991. They contain papers and speeches of the President that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary, presented in chronological order.

"School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents" This Prologue article describes a NARA exhibit that reveals the report cards, homework, athletic prowess, and musical abilities of our modern presidents when they were students.

"Standing in for the President" This Prologue article by W. Dale Nelson looks at the role of the Presidents' press secretaries.

Facts, Firsts and Precedents The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies provides interesting pieces of information about presidential inaugurations.

History of Presidential Inaugurals In this 1993 C-Span interview, Philip Brooks discusses memorial presidential inaugurations.

"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations This Library of Congress American Memory site is a collection of approximately 2000 digital files from all of the inaugurations from George Washington's in 1791 to the latest.

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the U.S. Lists the presidents in chronological order.

Inauguration History Quiz  This inauguration quiz is presented by the Washington Post.

Presidential Inaugurals: Historical Perspective  A transcript of the PBS show in which the NewsHour's historians Michael Beschloss, Haynes Johnson, Steven Ambrose, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Roger Wilkins talk to Margaret Warner about the history of inaugurations.

Presidential Inaugurations Quiz  Test your knowledge about past Presidential inaugurations in this activity, designed by the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Records of Presidential Inaugural Committees Record Group 274, 1933-1989. Held at the National Archives.

Order of Succession

"Abrupt Transition" This article, published in the Winter 2000 issue of Prologue , discusses the change in inauguration fanfare when a Vice President must quickly been sworn into office.

Amendment XXV This site includes the text of the amendment that provides for procedures to fill vacancies in the vice presidency and clarifies presidential succession rules.

Order of Succession Ben's Guide to U.S. Government provides a list of government departments which will provide officials to assume the presidency if necessary, provided they are Constitutionally qualified to assume the office.

Presidential Illness and the 25th Amendment The National Institutes of Health website includes scanned copies of the original print version of this article. It is full of historical facts.

George Washington Papers This Library of Congress website maintains the complete collection of George Washington papers, consisting of 65,000 documents.

Introduction to the Diaries of George Washington This introduction to the nature and history of George Washington's diaries is provided by the Library of Congress.

"The Surprising George Washington" An article by Richard Norton Smith from Prologue looks at the sides of the first President's life that we do not often see.

"Jefferson Buys Louisiana Territory, and the Nation Moves Westward" Prologue article by Wayne T. De Cesar and Susan Page about how the Louisiana Purchase came about.

"Jefferson Looks Westward: President Secretly Sought Funds from Congress to Explore Louisiana Territory, Develop Trade" In this Prologue article, James Worsham reveals that Jefferson planned a expedition to the west even before the Louisiana Purchase was accomplished.

Thomas Jefferson An exhibit at the Library of Congress examines Jefferson's intellectual development using his own writings and other items from the Library's collections.

Thomas Jefferson "A guide to the University of Virginia's collections related to Thomas Jefferson, with additional links to texts and information resources about Jefferson."

Thomas Jefferson and the Patent Act of 1793 From Essays in History published by the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia.

Madison's Treasures The documents in this collection at the Library of Congress are the largest single collection of original Madison documents in existence.

"Where Have You Gone, James Madison?" Archivist Allen Weinstein discusses the relevance of the U.S. Constitution and the thoughts of its leading architect, James Madison in this Prologue article.

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency This PBS website includes a documentary video, an interactive timeline, and resources for educators.

Abraham Lincoln Association Organized in 1908 as the Lincoln Centennial Association, this organization is dedicated to furthering the study and research of this President.

The Abraham Lincoln Institute The latest in Lincoln scholarship.

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Organized into three "General Correspondence" series, this site includes approximately 20,000 documents.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation This unique institution and its website is devoted to telling the entire life story of the nation's 16th president.

"An Extraordinary President and His Remarkable Cabinet: Doris Kearns Goodwin Looks at Lincoln's Team of Rivals" Ellen Fried's interview with the author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln appeared in Prologue article in Spring of 2006.

Lincoln/Net Primary source materials from Lincoln's Illinois years through his presidency, in a social and political context.

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library This site offers selections from two collections at the Library of Congress that illuminate the life of Abraham Lincoln.

The Search for Lincoln's Legal Papers A report in the National Archives publication The Record states that nearly 90,000 documents associated with Lincoln's legal practice have been discovered across the country and accessioned into the collection of the Lincoln Legal Papers project.

Finding Precedent: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson This site was created by HarpWeek in response to the interest generated by the impeachment of President Clinton. It includes materials from Harper's Weekly relating to the impeachment and trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

"Grant, Babcock, and the Whiskey Ring" This Prologue article, published in Fall 2000, discusses Grant's term as President.

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center This website is dedicated to the study of the Hayes presidency.

Selected Bibliography of William McKinley A bibliography provided by the Library of Congress.

"'I am entitled to the Medal of Honor and I want it' : Theodore Roosevelt and His Quest for Glory" This article by Mitchell Yockelson appeared in the Spring 1998 edition of the National Archives publication, Prologue .

Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film Produced by the National Digital Library and the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress, this site features 104 films from the LOC's holdings which document Teddy Roosevelt's life from 1898 to 1919.

Theodore Roosevelt This site provides information about and links to Roosevelt's publications and autobiography.

Warren G. Harding John Dean discusses his biography of Warren G. Harding on C-Span's Booknotes .

Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation This site is intended "to become the gateway to all things Coolidge."

"'An American Epic:' Herbert Hoover and Belgian Relief in World War I" George H. Nash's Prologue article about the future president's humanitarian actions.

Hoover & Truman: A presidential friendship A joint project of the Truman and Hoover Presidential Libraries, this site highlights the friendship between the two men. Much of the material was collected in a book, "Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman: A Documentary History", edited by Timothy Walch and Dwight M. Miller, copyright 1992 by the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, Inc.; the book is available electronically on the site.

"The Ordeal of a Biographer: Herbert Hoover Writes about Woodrow Wilson" Prologue article by Timothy Walch.

"The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover" Part I of the Prologue article by Richard Norton Smith and Timothy Walch that details President Hoover's struggles in the White House.

"FDR at 125" To mark the 125th anniversary of FDR's birth on January 30, 1882, Prologue looks at the impact of his presidency and his legacy.

"FDR's Day in Infamy Speech: Crafting a Call to Arms" An article from Prologue , Winter 2001.

"FDR: The President and the High School" Keith W. Olson's article from Prologue describes how the President's interest in architecture led to close involvement in the planning and construction of a high school in Hyde Park.

Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Transcripts of the Fireside Chats from March 1933 to June 1944.

Franklin D. Roosevelt From an essay by Doris Kearns Goodwin for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

"How Roosevelt Attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor: Myth Masquerading as History" R.J.C. Butow's Prologue article refutes assertions that the President misled the public about the coming of war.

"A 'New' FDR Emerges: Historians, Teachers, Authors Take a Fresh, Sometimes Critical, Look at Roosevelt" Prologue article by Cynthia M. Koch.

"A Notable Passage to China: Myth and Memory in FDR's Family History" This article on Roosevelt family history, by R. J. C. Butow, appeared in the Fall 1999 edition of the National Archives publication, Prologue .

"When FDR Said 'Play Ball:' President Called Baseball a Wartime Morale Booster" Gerald Bazer and Steven Culbertson discuss President Roosevelt's decision to support the continuation of baseball during World War II in this Prologue article.

"Adventures with Grandpa Truman" Clifton Truman Daniel reminisces about his grandfather in this Prologue article.

"A Boy Who Would Be President: Harry Truman at School, 1892–1901" Prologue article by Raymond H. Geselbracht describes Truman's days as a schoolboy through his attendance records and grades at Noland School for the first and second grade, and two of his high school English theme books.

Continuing the Fight: Harry S. Truman and World War II At the Truman Library website, this site contains a "collection of documents, photographs, and eyewitness accounts concerning the latter stages of World War II."

"The First Proposal, or What a Future President of the United States Did When He Was Rejected by the Woman He Loved" In this Prologue article, Raymond H. Geselbracht discusses Harry S. Truman's courtship of Bess Wallace.

Harry S. Truman From an essay by David McCullough for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

"Harry Truman, Poker Player" Raymond H. Geselbracht's article about Truman's love of poker appeared in the Spring 2003 issue of Prologue .

"Harry Truman's History Lessons" In this Prologue article, Samuel W. Rushay, Jr. examines the way the 33rd President used history to make some of the important decision of the post-World War II era.

" Independence and the Opening of the West : Harry S. Truman, Thomas Hart Benton, And the Making of the Mural " Raymond H. Geselbracht describes the creation of the mural for the Harry S. Truman Library in this Prologue article.

"Mutual Admiration and a Few Jokes: The Correspondence of Harry Truman with Groucho and Harpo Marx" Raymond H. Geselbracht's Prologue article highlights Truman's correspondence with the Marx Brothers.

"'The President Is Very Acutely Ill:' Harry S. Truman's Illness of July 1952" Prologue article by Samuel W. Rushay, Jr.

Speeches of Harry S. Truman Audio and transcripts of many of Truman's speeches from 1939 to 1953.

Dwight D. Eisenhower From an essay by Stephen Ambrose for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Resource Guide Bibliography compiled by the Library of Congress.

"Eisenhower and the Red Menace" This article, written by Michael J. Birkner for the Fall 2001 issue of Prologue , discusses Eisenhower in the age of Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against Communism.

"Ike's Interstates at 50: Anniversary of the Highway System Recalls Eisenhower's Role as Catalyst" David A. Pfeiffer's Prologue article about the creation of one of Eisenhower's lasting achievements as president.

"The Hours before Dallas" This article was written by Jeb Byrne for the National Archives Prologue , Summer 2000 issue.

"'Howdy, Mr. President!'" "UT Arlington Library's Special Collections exhibit 'Howdy, Mr. President!' showcases over 80 intriguing photographs taken by Fort Worth Star-Telegram news photographers. The Star-Telegram JFK collection contains almost 3,000 photo negatives taken during the visit by President John F. Kennedy to Fort Worth and the subsequent events following his assassination in Dallas, November 1963."

John F. Kennedy From an essay by Richard Reeves for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

The Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board: Final Report Document available in PDF format on the NARA website.

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection The National Archives Assassination Records Collection contains more than 4 and a half million pages of assassination-related records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, and artifacts.

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Links to the chapters of the document often called the Warren Report.

"Sixty Years Later, the Story of PT-109 Still Captivates" This article, written by Stephen Plotkin for the Summer 2003 issue of Prologue , describes the sinking of the young Lieutenant Kennedy's Patrol Torpedo boat in the South Pacific during World War II.

Speeches of John Kennedy Text, audio, and video of President Kennedy's speeches. From the Kennedy Presidential Library.

"LBJ Champions the Civil Rights Act of 1964" Prologue article by Ted Gittinger and Allen Fisher.

"LBJ Fights the White Backlash: The Racial Politics of the 1964 Presidential Campaign" This article by Jeremy D. Mayer appeared in the Spring 2001 issue of Prologue .

"LBJ: Still Casting a Long Shadow" Harry Middleton discusses President Johnson's legacy in this Prologue article.

Lyndon B. Johnson From an essay by Robert Dallek for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Selected Speeches & Messages of Lyndon Johnson From the LBJ Presidential Library.

"Listening to Nixon: An Archivist's Reflections on His Work with the White House Tapes" Prologue article by Samuel W. Rushay, Jr.

"Nixon on the Home Front" Prologue article about President Nixon's domestic policies.

The Nixon "Shocks" and U.S.-Japan Strategic Relations, 1969-1974 Paper prepared by Michael Schaller at the University of Arizona.

"The Nixon White House Tapes: The Decision to Record Presidential Conversations" H. R. Haldeman discloses the story behind the decision to record presidential conversations in this  Prologue article.

Nixon's Trip to China The National Security Archive has secured the declassification and release of the documents related to President Nixon's visit to China in February 1972.

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974 This site gives one photographer's account of President Nixon's years in office.

Richard M. Nixon From an essay by Tom Wicker for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Richard Nixon Conversations The Miller Center audio and transcripts of recordings from the Nixon Administration, including those related to Watergate.

Gerald R. Ford From an essay by James Cannon for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Gerald R. Ford: A Selected bibliography A bibliography established by the Ford Presidential Library.

Selected Gerald R. Ford Presidential Speeches and Writings Text of selected speeches of Ford from his administration. Some of the speeches have audio recordings.

Jimmy Carter This PBS site includes the background information on Jimmy Carter used to make a documentary film for American Experience .

Jimmy Carter From an essay by Hendrick Hertzberg for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Speeches of Jimmy Carter Audio and video of speeches given by Jimmy Carter, presented by the American Presidency Project.

Ronald Reagan From an essay by Peggy Noonan for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Ronald Reagan and the President's Daily Brief An article from the Studies in Intelligence gives a first-hand account of the CIA's responsibility for giving the President his daily briefing.

"'Tear Down This Wall:' How Top Advisers Opposed Reagan's Challenge to Gorbachev - But Lost" Peter Robinson tells the story behind one of Ronald Reagan's most notable speeches in this Prologue article.

George Bush From an essay by Michael R. Beschloss for the PBS program "Character Above All," on the role of character in presidential leadership.

Papers of George Bush Organized by year, these papers are also searchable by topic.

Biography of William Jefferson Clinton Provides a succinct description of the life and accomplishments of William Clinton.

Biography of George W. Bush Summary of the life and accomplishments of the 43rd President of the United States from the White House web page.

Biography of Barack H. Obama Summary of the life and accomplishments of the 44th President of the United States from the White House web page.

The Dolley Madison Project A complete on-line edition of her existing letters as a fully searchable digital archive. Dolley Madison was the first First Lady to serve in Washington, D.C.

The First Ladies of the U.S.A. Links to biographical information about each First Lady, including portraits. Published by the White House Historical Association.

National First Ladies' Library The website for the first and only facility of its kind, its purpose is to educate the world about the contributions of the First Ladies and other important women in history.

"Young Bess in Hats" In this Prologue article, Raymond H. Geselbracht writes about Bess Wallace before she became Mrs. Harry Truman.

Chas Fagan: Presidential Portraits This site complements C-SPAN's television series, "American Presidents: Life Portraits."

Chronological List of Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents of the United States This list from the Library of Congress includes portraits of the presidents, first ladies, and vice presidents.

Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery This new online exhibit features 61 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other likenesses of the Presidents.

Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits This Congressional Research Service report describes the pension and benefits granted to former presidents and policy implications.

Salaries and Retirement Benefits of U.S. Presidents and other Federal Government Employees This Internet Public Library website features salary and benefit information for the president, the vice president, and high ranking government officials.

Presidential Documents Online

Federal Digital System (FDsys) The Government Printing Office provides access to official text of various government documents, including Compilation of Presidential Documents , Economic Report of the President , and Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States .

Federal Register This website has links to Executive Orders, Proclamations, and other presidential documents.

National Council on Public History

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The American Presidency Project core collection includes virtually all of the public papers, messages, speeches, and orders of American President. The collection is searchable and documents are categorized and tagged. The APP also includes related sets of documents for modern presidents including documents from the Press Office, Office of Management and Budget (Including Statements of Administration Policy). We have Donald Trump's twitter output starting with his official candidacy; many documents from presidential candidates; and election data. We have all the first lady documents distributed by the White House for recent presidencies. And much more.

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Since we are Americans, our family incorporates some form of U.S. History in our homeschool studies each year.  In younger grades, we study and memorize the 50 states, learn about our Founding Fathers, and study our U.S. Presidents, just to name a few!

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Embark on a historical journey with the President Research Project! This engaging 45-page download covers all 45 U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden, ideal for students and history buffs.

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The President Research Project  offers a comprehensive and educational exploration of the United States’ presidential history.

Spanning 45 pages, this resource provides an in-depth look at each president, from the nation’s first leader, George Washington, to the current president, Joe Biden.

Students will find valuable information on each worksheet, including dates of birth and death, presidential tenure, age at inauguration, home state, and political party affiliation.

The interactive nature of the project allows students to color in the president’s picture and discover interesting facts about their vice presidents and first ladies.

This download is not only a fantastic tool for educational projects but also a great read for anyone interested in American history, offering a unique way to connect with the country’s past leaders.

Each worksheet has the following information that the students will need to find:

• Picture of the President to color
• Date of birth
• Date served
• Age when elected
• Date of death
• What number President?
• Vice President
• Political Party
• Interesting facts

PRESIDENTS INCLUDED:

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• Martin Van Buren
• William Henry Harrison
• Zachary Taylor
• Millard Fillmore
• Franklin Pierce
• James Buchanan
• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Rutherford Hayes
• James Garfield
• Chester A. Arthur
• Grover Cleveland
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Harry Truman
• Herbert Hoover
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan
• George W. Bush
• Bill Clinton
• Barack Obama
• Donald Trump

This is included in our President unit study .

Younger students can enjoy our free printable George Washington worksheets .

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The Presidential Records Act (PRA) , provides for the review and release of Trump Presidential records beginning five years after the end of the administration. On January 20, 2026, the public can request records under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . However, there are other resources that provide information about the the Trump administration and the presidency, including publication of selected presidential documents:

The Trump Administration

• Archived White House Social Media Trump administration social media accounts were "frozen in time" on the last day of President Trump’s term in office.
• Archived White House Websites The White House websites were "frozen in time" on the last day of President Trump’s term in office.
• Public Papers of the President: Donald J. Trump The Government Publishing Office (GPO) maintains a digital version of Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, which includes published documents and speeches.
• Executive Orders of President Donald J. Trump List of all Executive Orders signed by President Trump, as compiled in the Federal Register.
• The American Presidency Project A project of the University of California - Santa Barbara, the American Presidency Project provides a searchable interface for presidential materials from George Washington to Donald J. Trump.
• The Miller Center of Public Affairs The Miller Center of Public Affairs, part of the University of Virginia, maintains an online collection of biographies, essays, exhibits, oral histories, speeches, photographs, and oral histories about the U.S. presidential administrations.
• Federal Digital System (FDSYS), Government Printing Office Online access to official Federal resources from all three branches of the Federal Government published by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Congress.gov Formerly known as THOMAS, the website for Congress includes a search engine for legislative information including bills and resolutions, calendars, and the Congressional Record.
• White House Historical Association The White House Historical Association provides insight into the cultural significance of the White House itself, with online exhibits on traditions, furnishings, and holidays, plus biographies of the First Families.
• CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room The Central Intelligence Agency’s electronic, searchable library of documents it has released through FOIA requests.
• Department of State, Office of the Historian The Office of the Historian of the State Department provides a chronological list of presidential and Secretary of State travel, visits from foreign leaders, and more.
• Foreign Relations of the U.S. (FRUS) Compiled by the Department of State, the “FRUS” series is the official historical record of U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic activity.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• Archives.gov NARA’s main website includes an overview of policies and lists of records available for research, lesson plans and other resources for educators, and information about the NARA facilities across the country.
• Presidential Records on Archives.gov A section of NARA's main website that highlights Presidential Records. Additionally users can  explore Presidents' Daily Diaries and Schedules .
• National Archives Catalog NARA’s online catalog enables researchers to search for descriptions of NARA’s records and provides online access to collections that have been digitized.
• The Center for Legislative Archives The Center for Legislative Archives is the branch of NARA responsible for preserving and processing the records of the U.S. Congress.
• Founders Online The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (a part of the National Archives) partnered with the University of Virginia Press to make available online over 177,000 documents of the Founding Fathers of America.
• President Donald J. Trump
• First Lady Melania Trump
• Archived Social Media
• Archived Websites
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Ordering Photos & Videos
• Research Links
• About the National Archives and Presidential Libraries
• Employment and Internship Opportunities

About  Search

About the Presidency Project

The app was launched in 1999 when then-graduate student gerhard peters joined with john woolley to develop resources for students taking political science 157, the american presidency .  as the resources in the course website expanded, it became obvious that it was being accessed by an array of general users outside the university.  .

Our goal today is to be recognized as the authoritative, non-partisan on-line source for presidential public documents.  By providing easy access to useful information, we seek to promote a more informed citizenry of the United States, high quality scholarly and media analysis, and a better understanding of American democracy throughout the world.

A few principles have guided us in developing the APP.  These began with our goal of providing a resource for college students, but these turn out to be useful for all kinds of users.

Accuracy .  We have emphasized faithful reproduction of original published document sources--even when those involved errors.  We add notes when relevant to point out error in the published document. 

Categories .  Documents are tagged with descriptive information that help locate similar types or categories .

Search .  Users can search using user-defined words or phrases with restrictions as to president, dates, and document attributes.  Starting in late 2018, these searches can be quite long and complicated and are case-sensitive.  Users can browse through time-periods.

Inclusive . Our goal, still an aspiration, is to include all public presidential documents, related key historical documents, and basic statistics needed to study the presidency.

Analytical .  We provide introductory essays to many topics with historical background, descriptions of main trends, and cautions about interpreting data.

Our growth has been steady and our user base is now substantial. In the beginning, we were surprised to find that we had hundreds of visitors in a month. By mid-2022, on a high-volume day, we have over 200,000 users. We are regularly among the most-visited subdomains at UCSB. While around 80% of our visitors come from the United States, in any given month, we have visitors from 200 different countries and territories. Around 40% of our users are under age 34. Overall, according to Google Analytics, we are visited a lot by people Google classifies as political junkies, news junkies, techophiles, avid readers, and TV and Movie lovers. According to Google Books , the search phrase "American Presidency Project" returns "about" 48,000 items. The same search in Google Scholar returns "about" 16,000 results, showing our reach among scholars.  In 2016 we posted the first White House Document that included an explicit reference to the APP, the May 11, 2016 press briefing. At some point, we may find the time to catalog instances in which media use the APP as a source or cite an interview with someone from the APP. That is, perhaps sadly, a pretty low priority for us these days.

While we have been hosted by UCSB from the beginning, the APP has not received any oprating funds from UCSB to support basic management of the site--document acquisition, database organization, database management. In 2014, UCSB provided funds to support a thorough redesign of the site—the result of which you are looking at now.  This new website emerged from a collaboration among several UCSB entities: Enterprise Technology Services (project infrastructure and vendor contracts),  Ocean o' Graphics (site redesign), Instructional Development (application programming), and Letters and Sciences Information Technology (legacy site maintenance and hosting).   All of us are proud of this accomplishment. With our success has come some modest donor support .  That support makes us extremely happy, and is essential to our ongoing operations.  All gifts are in principle tax-deductible. Please help us out!!!

Original Document Sources

Our sources include nearly every document from two canonical collections of Presidential papers: Messages and Papers of the Presidents of the United States ("Richardson"), and The Public Papers of the Presidents . On an ongoing basis, we update regularly from the materials provided by the White House media office, the Government Printing Office, and the National Archives (NARA). These include texts of presidential documents such as statements and remarks; press conferences; statements; Executive Orders; (some) memorandums; and Proclamations. They also include daily press briefings, statements from the Office of the Press Secretary, and print media pool reports. Virtually all of these documents are published as part of our collection. These documents are compared against other documentary sources such as the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents and eventually the Public Papers. Any discrepancies are ultimately resolved in favor of the version provided in the Public Papers. We have also gathered additional documents not necessarily included in the two main collections from: The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (Carter to G.W. Bush) Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations The Federal Register and a variety of Congressional compilations.

Category Within a Tree Structure

The fundamental distinction is between documents that represent events originally spoken out loud (most addresses, remarks, press conferences, interviews, etc) and Presidential written communications (statements, messages, orders, memorandums, letters, etc.). At some junctures a President may address the same moment both orally and in writing. For example, at the point of signing a bill, the President may make spoken remarks (sometimes called "a statement") and also issue something in writing (almost always called a "statement"). In spoken events, the APP distinguishes between those in which the president is the only speaker and those in which others speak as well. Among instances when the President is the only speaker, there is no hard and fast rule of classification applied consistently by the White House. In some instances a short, informal speech is called an "Address." We classify such events as "remarks," by far the most common kind of Presidential speech. It is important to be aware that historically an "Address" need not be spoken—see Tyler's " Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States. " As a general rule, we restrict the term "Address" to Presidential speech prepared in advance, delivered in a formal setting and not followed by any Q&A. In the era of electronic media, the speech may be directed "to the nation," with virtually no live audience. More commonly, an address is to a live audience, sometimes a Joint Session of Congress, typically preceded by some kind of "official" statement of welcome or introduction. An "address" may focus primarily on a single pressing topic or touch on many issues.

Our original search function starting around 2001 was provided courtesy of the Truman Presidential Library and was a fairly complex script for querying a mysql database. We have modified and extended that script repeatedly over the years. The original script had had many shortcomings. Two were particularly troublesome. There was no way to restrict a search to whole words, so a search for "war" will return any word involving the three-letter sequence "war" (of which there are nearly 600 in English). In that implementation of mysql queries, it was not possible to do true Boolean searching. Virtually all of the known shortcomings of the original script have been overcome in the new Drupal website that you are using now.  With great choice comes complexity.

As the APP has expanded, we have included additional relevant searchable document sets including: Statements of Administration Policy (SAPs), Presidential Candidate Debates (including Primary debates), Statements and Press Releases of Presidential Candidates, Political Party Platforms, Presidential Nomination and Acceptance Speeches from Nominating Conventions, Documents relating to the 2000 Bush v. Gore election controversy, Public Documents relating to presidential transitions, and important historical documents bearing on the presidency

Introductory Essays

Our background material is particularly useful as an introduction and guide to problems of understanding and using presidential documents. Among other topics, our essays cover: State of the Union Addresses and Messages , Executive Orders , Signing Statements.

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President’s Interdisciplinary Research Accelerator Challenge

2024 proposal concept papers will be accepted through the InfoReady@UNLV portal until October 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Late submissions will not be considered.

The President’s Interdisciplinary Research Accelerator Challenge is a competitive prize that will yield funding for research teams to develop a funding proposal with professional support. This is a new program initiated by President Whitfield and the Division of Research to support interdisciplinary research development and team collaboration. The goal is to accelerate successful interdisciplinary grant applications and build team grant writing skills at UNLV by enlisting the guidance of professional proposal development experts. This award is not a research grant for data collection or other primary research or scholarly activities. It is an award that supports the development of a research proposal to an external funding agency. In recognition of the different needs on campus, the prize may support awards in the following categories:

• Planning or coordination grant - supports targeted planning or coordination activities designed to foster increased resource sharing, develop research/practice communities, coordinate planning for research activities or programs, and support communication and outreach. This grant type ensures adequate support, networks, and resources for flourishing research activities.
• Training grant - supports developing training programs for undergraduate students, graduate students, and/or faculty in a specific area. This grant type should include research activities to build expertise and capacity for research.
• Research grant  - supports the production of research/scholarship/creative activity.
• Center or Infrastructure grant  - supports the development of research centers/institutes or major infrastructure designed to support the research enterprise.

This competition complements existing campus efforts funded at the institutional level. For example, the iRDA initiative currently supports eight interdisciplinary research topic areas on campus, each at a different development point. Similarly, the Faculty Opportunity Award (FOA) competition is designed to generate pilot data or initial work on projects that will yield at least two funding applications at the federal or comparative level at the end of the award. Both of these initiatives include early-stage projects. Teams involved in these initiatives and other existing interdisciplinary efforts may benefit from intensive mentoring around interdisciplinary proposal development and team collaboration.

UNLV is working toward a research development office to help develop the capacity to compete for and obtain large interdisciplinary grants. Dedicated proposal development support is one of the most pressing faculty needs. Many R1 institutions provide some grant writing services in-house in combination with contracted services that fill specialty gaps and develop faculty capacity. This service may be provided at the College/School level for discipline-specific and smaller-scale projects. This competition offers an additional mechanism to distribute support for research development to foster high-quality, competitive proposals.

Eligibility

Teams may comprise faculty, staff, students, and/or external collaborators. However, the project must be led by a UNLV administrative or academic faculty member who is PI-eligible at the time of submission. The team is responsible for communicating how their project is interdisciplinary.

Submission Process

Teams will develop a proposal concept paper. This will constitute the initial application for the award. Based on the proposal concept paper, teams will be selected to move onto the Finalist Pitch stage. The concept paper should be no more than five pages, with double-spaced text. Proposal concept papers will be submitted through the InfoReady@UNLV platform managed by OSP by October 1, 2024 . The concept papers should include:

• Project title
• Team member names, position, college/school
• Funding target(s) - specify agency/foundation, program, anticipated due date if known, funding levels. More than one funding target can be included. Concept papers containing only funding opportunities six months or less from November 1, 2024 will not be reviewed.
• Planning grant
• Training grant
• Research grant
• Center or Infrastructure grant
• Section 1: Summary paragraph(s) outlining the purpose of the project and the primary goals of the project. Be sure to outline how the project is interdisciplinary.
• Describe the need for the project and how this project will impact UNLV/region/nation.
• Align the project with existing college/school/university research initiatives, goals, or projects on campus.
• Describe prior work or accomplishments of the team that would suggest this project is ready for proposal development support (e.g. pilot projects, previous publications, prior grant submissions).
• Tell the selection committee who you are and why your team is poised to be successful in your work.
• Describe your expertise and how you complement one another as an interdisciplinary team. Please note whether you plan to add any new collaborators to the project and why. Include a description of any partners external to UNLV if applicable. Describe how long you’ve been working together on this project.
• Tell the committee about what type of support would be most useful for the team around this specific project. What are the gaps/needs that are most pressing for developing a competitive proposal?
• Please indicate if the team has a specific professional agency they would like to engage with or if specific expertise areas are needed.

Selection Process

• Panelist review of the concept papers will be completed with notifications of selection for the Finalist Pitch by October 15, 2024.
• Up to 6 proposals will be selected to give brief pitches to a selection committee, including President Whitfield.
• Teams must be present in person on October 28 at the Interdisciplinary Research Symposium to complete the pitch.
• Details regarding the pitch content will be provided at the time of notification.
• Selections will be made based on the combined importance and quality of the concept papers and Finalist Pitch.
• There is up to $60,000 in total to be split across awardees. We expect to make awards to up to 3 teams. The funds will not be distributed directly to the teams; instead, the Division of Research will administer the prize through a contract with the supporting external proposal development organization.
• Awardees will be notified of decisions by November 15, 2024.

Expectations

• If selected for the prize, the team commits to meeting deadlines agreed upon with the external proposal development agency.
• The team commits to revising proposals and resubmitting if the proposal is not selected for funding.

Gwen Marchand

Associate Vice President Division of Research 702-895-4811 [email protected]

What is Project 2025? Here's what to know

The lengthy plan drafted by conservatives serves as a blueprint to remake the federal government in a second trump administration., by staff and ap • published september 6, 2024 • updated on september 6, 2024 at 2:49 pm.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic allies have turned Project 2025 into one of their most consistent tools against the campaign of former President Donald Trump. 

During the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , Mallory McMorrow, a 37-year-old state senator from Michigan, brought out a giant copy of the roughly 900-page “Mandate for Leadership” and slammed it on the lectern, making an expression to signal how heavy it was as she opened to start reading.

“They went ahead and wrote down all the extreme things that Donald Trump wants to do in the next four years,” McMorrow said from the stage. “We read it."

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The lengthy plan drafted by conservatives serves as a blueprint to remake the federal government in a second Trump administration. The former president, meanwhile, has tried to distance himself from Project 2025 , claiming he doesn't know anything about has “no idea who is in charge of it, and, unlike our very well received Republican Platform, had nothing to do with it.”

However, many of Trump’s key allies and former administration officials are writers and architects of Project 2025.

“Don’t believe it when (Trump's) playing dumb about this Project 2025. He knows exactly what it’ll do,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Aug. 9 at a campaign event in Glendale, Arizona.

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Here's what to know about Project 2025:

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What is project 2025.

Led by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Project 2025 is a detailed, 920-page handbook for governing under the next Republican administration.

The document outlines  a dramatic expansion  of presidential power. The overarching theme of Project 2025 is to strip down the “administrative state.” This, according to the blueprint, is the mass of unelected government officials who pursue policy agendas at odds with the president’s plans.

Much of the new president’s agenda would be accomplished by reinstating what’s called Schedule F — a Trump-era executive order that would reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees as essentially at-will workers who could more easily be fired and replaced by Trump loyalists.

It calls for the U.S. Education Department to be shuttered, and the Homeland Security Department dismantled, with its various parts absorbed by other federal offices.

There’s a “top to bottom overhaul” of the Department of Justice, particularly curbing its independence and ending FBI efforts to combat the spread of misinformation

The plan says the Department of Health and Human Services should “pursue a robust agenda” to protect “the fundamental right to life,” and the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medications used in abortions should be reversed. It also calls for reviving a 19th century law, the Comstock Act, to ban any abortion medications, equipment, or materials from being sent through the U.S. Postal Service.

Diversity, inclusion and equity programs would be gutted. Promotions in the U.S. military to general or admiral would go under a microscope to ensure candidates haven’t prioritized issues like climate change or critical race theory.

On immigration, proposals include targeted raids on immigrant communities for mass deportations, ending birthright citizenship and reversing the Flores settlement to make way for family separation. It also proposes restricting legal immigration by doing away with many of the programs that offer immigrants a pathway to citizenship, including work and student visas, DACA, family-based immigration, TPS and visas for victims of crime and human trafficking.

While presidents typically rely on Congress to put policies into place, the Heritage project leans into what legal scholars refer to as a unitary view of executive power that suggests the president has broad authority to act alone.

To push past senators who try to block presidential Cabinet nominees, Project 2025 proposes installing top allies in acting administrative roles, as was done during the Trump administration to bypass the Senate confirmation process.

John McEntee, another former Trump official advising the effort, said the next administration can “play hardball a little more than we did with Congress.”

In fact, Congress would see its role diminished — for example, with a proposal to eliminate congressional notification on certain foreign arms sales.

Who is behind Project 2025?

Some of the people involved in Project 2025 are former senior administration officials with deep GOP ties. The project’s  former director , Paul Dans, served as chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under Trump. Dans stepped down from the role in July after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do: bringing together over 110 leading conservative organizations to create a unified conservative vision, motivated to devolve power from the unelected administrative state, and returning it to the people," Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said in a statement.

Trump's former White House budget chief, Russell Vought, was a key architect of the plan and was also appointed to the Republican National Committee’s platform writing committee. Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s first term.

John McEntee, a former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration, was a senior adviser. McEntee told the conservative news site The Daily Wire earlier this year that Project 2025’s team would integrate a lot of its work with the campaign after the summer when Trump would announce his transition team.

More than a hundred conservative organizations have contributed to the project, recruiting an "army" of Americans to go to Washington and "flood the zone with conservatives" if Republicans took back the White House.

What does Trump say about Project 2025?

Trump  has tried to distance himself  from Project 2025 and has denied knowing who is behind the plan.

Yet he spoke highly about the group's plans at a dinner sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in April 2022, saying: “This is a great group, and they’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America.”

Trump’s recent attempts to reject the blueprint are complicated by the connections he has with many of its contributors.

The decision to make Ohio Sen. JD Vance his running mate was taken by some as one more connection to Project 2025. Heritage’s President Kevin Roberts has said he’s good friends with Vance and that the Heritage Foundation had been privately rooting for him to be the VP pick.

Vance penned the foreword to Roberts' own new book , which was set to be out in September but has now been postponed as Project 2025 hits turmoil. Roberts is holding off the release of his potentially fiery new book until after the November  presidential election .

Stephen Miller, a former Trump White House adviser who now runs America First Legal, has  also been closely involved . Miller has also sought to distance himself, insisting in a statement to NBC News that he's "never been involved with Project 2025."

Democrats for months have been using Project 2025 to hammer Trump and other Republicans, arguing to voters that it represents the former president’s true — and extreme — agenda.

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When I came into office, the United States had zero approved offshore wind projects in federal waters, and the industry was struggling to gain a foothold. But now, following my Administration’s investments in our clean energy future, the private sector has mobilized and the federal government has approved ten offshore wind projects – enough to power more than five million homes and equivalent to half of the capacity needed to achieve our goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. From manufacturing and shipbuilding to port operations and construction, this industry will support tens of thousands of good-paying and union jobs, provide reliable clean power to homes and businesses, strengthen our power grid against outages, and help reduce pollution – all while protecting biodiversity and marine ecosystems. We will continue to partner with industry, Tribes, ocean users, and other stakeholders to support supply chains that are Made in America, incentivize union-built projects, and continue seizing opportunities for additional clean energy technologies.

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Biden signs 'common sense' order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages

President Joe Biden signed an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards, and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs.

Biden said the ideas in his order “are common sense."

“Economists have long believed that these good job standards produce more opportunities, better outcomes for workers and more predictable outcomes for businesses as well," he said from an Ann Arbor, Michigan union training center where he made the announcement. “A good union job is building a future worthy of your dreams.”

The Biden administration is trying to make the case that economic growth should flow out of better conditions for workers. His administration has stressed the vital role that organized labor will likely play for Democrats in November’s election. In her matchup against Republican Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris is depending on backing from the AFL-CIO and other unions to help turn out voters in key states.

Biden has prided himself on his support of labor unions, joining striking Michigan union workers on the picket line last year. On Friday, he came on stage to chants of “Thank you, Joe!"

Trump has tried to make inroads with organized labor as well by having Teamsters President Sean O'Brien speak at the Republican National Convention. The Teamsters have yet to formally endorse any candidate, though Harris is expected to meet with them.

Biden said that under his administration "we buy American. And we’re making sure federal projects are made in America projects.”

Some in the construction industry criticized the order for possibly increasing construction costs and excluding non-unionized workers from projects.

“These policies steer taxpayer-funded infrastructure contracts to unionized businesses and create jobs exclusively for union members at the expense of everyone else and the rule of law," said Ben Brubeck, an executive with Associated Builders and Contractors, a construction industry trade group.

The order will establish a task force to coordinate policy development with the goal of ensuring more benefits for workers. The administration's funding for infrastructure, computer chip manufacturing and the development of renewable energy sources has led to a wave of projects.

By the administration's count, its incentives have prompted $900 billion worth of private-sector investments in renewable energy and manufacturing. Those commitments have yet to resonate much with voters who are more focused on the lingering damage caused by inflation spiking in 2022, but many projects will take several years to come to fruition.

Though he wasn't in Michigan for a campaign event, Biden spoke on his predecessor, saying that Trump would much rather “cross a picket line than walk one."

“My predecessor believed America is a failing nation,” Biden said, mentioning an oft-repeated complaint by the president about a 2020 report that Trump had referred to American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers.”

Trump has denied the report.

“I’m glad I wasn’t there,” Biden said. “I think I would have done something. I think you would have, too.”

Biden added: “He's the sucker. He's the loser.”

Biden’s late son Beau died from cancer in 2015. The president has blamed burn pits for the brain cancer. Burn pits are where chemicals, tires, plastics, medical equipment and human waste were disposed of on military bases and were used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I'm sorry to get emotional like that. But I miss him," Biden said before turning his focus back to to union workers, calling them heroes.

Boak reported from Pittsburgh.

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The 'underdog' vs a 'blowout': How Harris and Trump are positioning their campaigns

An underdog, by definition, is a contender who has dim prospects of winning. 

In the final stretch of the presidential race, it’s the mantle Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign wants to claim. 

Harris, her campaign and allies have repeatedly used the term to describe her candidacy, in a marked shift in messaging from just months ago, when President Joe Biden steered the ticket. Then, Biden made a bold prediction : “Let me say it as clear as I can: I’m staying in the race!” he said. “I’ll beat Donald Trump.”

Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon had, more than once, put her full faith behind a Biden victory, despite persistent concerns over his age and signs of sluggish fundraising. That included a week before the fateful presidential  debate when she declared victory , telling the media outlet Puck, “We are going to win.”

Then, two days after Biden’s debate performance threw the party into chaos, she stuck with that messaging: “I say with full confidence, we will win.” 

Now, it is O’Malley Dillon who is leading the branding on the new Democratic nominee, attempting to portray the candidate who has better polling, more money and more ground troops than Biden and who has been a heartbeat away from the presidency for the last three and a half years, as the person disadvantaged in the race. 

Trump’s team calls the framing ludicrous. 

“Kamala Harris is not the underdog, nor is she the candidate of the future. Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States right now,” Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.

“She is responsible for the problems American people are experiencing right now … She deserves to be elected out of office.” 

Trump has taken a drastically different route, already declaring victory.  

“We don’t need votes. We’ve got more votes than anybody’s ever had,” Trump said at a Detroit event two months ago. He projected the same confidence Aug. 30, at a Johnstown, Pennsylvania, rally.

“We should win a blowout. We should blow them out,” Trump said. “You know, we win the state, we win the whole thing.”

But inside the campaign, a Trump official said that even as he projects confidence, no one is taking the race for granted. That’s why Trump is doing multiple media interviews weekly and holding rallies, she said.  

“We are confident President Trump has the momentum in this race, but no one is sitting back at Trump headquarters and chillin’ right now,” Leavitt said. “We are working around the clock to win this election.”

Part of the Harris strategy is the typical post-Labor Day lowering of expectations. Another part of it is the reality of a compressed, rushed timeline that Harris has been under to introduce herself to voters while having to take on major actions such as picking a vice president and holding a national convention within weeks of stepping into the top of the ticket.

But some of it runs deeper. 

At a live event at the Democratic National Convention with Politico, O’Malley Dillon revealed what kept her up at night. 

“Honestly, complacency, right? I certainly feel like, you know, you could kind of look at this moment and be so energized and be like: ‘We got it,’ and we don’t have it. We don’t have it. This is going to be an extraordinarily close race. I cannot state that enough,” she said.

“We are a polarized nation and a challenging time, and despite all the things that are happening in this country, Donald Trump still has more support than he has had at any other point," she added.

Democrats have been stung by overconfidence before — in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run against Trump, the party thought it had the race in the bag, only to watch its great blue wall of states crumble. 

Harris has reinvigorated Democrats and quickly made up ground that slipped under Biden. 

But for all of the packed rallies, massive fundraising, soaring enthusiasm and volunteering spikes the campaign has enjoyed since Biden endorsed Harris on July 21, the race fundamentals haven’t changed. 

Victory will come down to a handful of battleground states and, as the polling looks today, it remains on the knife’s edge. 

“Democrats are terrified. The race is tied. Everyone understands that,” said Matt Bennett, the co-founder and executive vice president of the center-left group Third Way. “ Democrats are very, very worried. Not because of anything that Harris has done, she has not made a single mistake yet. It’s that the downside risk of losing is so catastrophic.” 

To be sure, Harris’ candidacy vanquished Trump’s designs on expanding his map into states like New Jersey. Instead, it’s Harris who has Democrats stretching into places like the typically red North Carolina, where Trump’s campaign is now forced to pour money. 

But as of yet, most polls show the two within the margin of error in each of the battlegrounds.  

“Nobody has a clear advantage here, that’s for sure,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth Poll. After the Trump-Biden debate, Murray said Trump showed signs of pulling ahead in both national and battleground polls. Harris’ entry “reset the campaign back to pretty much even,” he said. 

Pennsylvania is particularly of concern to Democrats. Depending on the states and their electoral vote value, they’d have to pick up two other states or possibly even three to make up for that pivotal blue wall state. Democrats roundly say the Keystone State is of greatest concern, in large part because of Trump’s strong appeal with rural, white men. 

Murray said that among the trends he’s tracking is where the older white vote that stuck with Biden ultimately gravitates. 

“That was one of the most interesting findings when Biden was in the campaign — when we asked questions about the candidates’ mental, physical stamina, their ability to do the job — is, senior voters were sticking with Biden on that question,” he said.  

Bradley Beychok, co-founder of the Democratic-aligned American Bridge, described Harris as “ascendant” but remained sober about the party’s prospects.

“It’s a jump ball,” he added.  

“There’s no criticism from me if her and her campaign say that they’re underdogs, because some of the models have her as a slight underdog,” Beychok said. “I can argue that she’s a slight underdog. I could argue that’s a toss up. I could argue that she’s a slight favorite.”

Natasha Korecki is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.

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Politics | President Biden signs ‘common sense’ order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages

Biden said the ideas in his order “are common sense.”

“Economists have long believed that these good job standards produce more opportunities, better outcomes for workers and more predictable outcomes for businesses as well,” he said from an Ann Arbor, Michigan union training center where he made the announcement. “A good union job is building a future worthy of your dreams.”

The Biden administration is trying to make the case that economic growth should flow out of better conditions for workers. His administration has stressed the vital role that organized labor will likely play for Democrats in November’s election. In her matchup against Republican Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris is depending on backing from the AFL-CIO and other unions to help turn out voters in key states.

Biden has prided himself on his support of labor unions, joining striking Michigan union workers on the picket line last year. On Friday, he came on stage to chants of “Thank you, Joe!”

Trump has tried to make inroads with organized labor as well by having Teamsters President Sean O’Brien speak at the Republican National Convention. The Teamsters have yet to formally endorse any candidate, though Harris is expected to meet with them.

Biden said that under his administration “we buy American. And we’re making sure federal projects are made in America projects.”

The order will establish a task force to coordinate policy development with the goal of ensuring more benefits for workers. The administration’s funding for infrastructure, computer chip manufacturing and the development of renewable energy sources has led to a wave of projects.

By the administration’s count, its incentives have prompted $900 billion worth of private-sector investments in renewable energy and manufacturing. Those commitments have yet to resonate much with voters who are more focused on the lingering damage caused by inflation spiking in 2022, but many projects will take several years to come to fruition.

“A good job is a job with security and benefits, where workers have the right to join a union, advocate for better working conditions, come home safe and healthy, and retire with dignity,” said Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.

Though he wasn’t in Michigan for a campaign event, Biden spoke on his predecessor, saying that Trump would much rather “cross a picket line than walk one.”

“My predecessor believed America is a failing nation,” Biden said, mentioning an oft-repeated complaint by the president about a 2020 report that Trump had referred to American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers.”

Trump has denied the report.

“I’m glad I wasn’t there,” Biden said. “I think I would have done something. I think you would have, too.”

Biden added: “He’s the sucker. He’s the loser.”

Biden’s late son Beau died from cancer in 2015. The president has blamed burn pits for the brain cancer. Burn pits are where chemicals, tires, plastics, medical equipment and human waste were disposed of on military bases and were used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I’m sorry to get emotional like that. But I miss him,” Biden said before turning his focus back to to union workers, calling them heroes.

Boak reported from Pittsburgh.

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Reducing Surface Roughness in 3D-Printed Microfluidic Devices for Thrombosis Research

Featured image above depicts a PDMS Microchip made from a 3D-printed mold.

I would like to state first and foremost how thrilled I am to share my project at the upcoming President’s Showcase. The prospect of presenting my work to an audience of fellow researchers, academics, and the public is both exhilarating and deeply meaningful. As I have stated before, I want to inspire others to take a step forward in pursuing an area of interest and demonstrate that anyone who is willing to try has the possibility to achieve important things.

 For close to a year, I have been immersed in the development of solutions to challenges in the area of thrombosis research. The IDEA Grant has been a summer project that has been able to further our research with great funding and has provided the opportunity for us to choose one among many specific goals we had. The President’s Showcase is not just an opportunity to present findings; it’s a platform to inspire, collaborate, and contribute to a broader understanding of how innovative engineering solutions can advance medical research.

At the president’s showcase, I want to share with the audience the importance of microfluidics and how we will be able to create a difference in this field. I am most excited to share how the results of my project can enable the Liu Group to further our research importantly, I want to share how the solution to this problem will continue to affect the world. As part of the Liu Group, I will continue to work in the development of microfluidic devices to research thrombosis, and the successful completion of this project will enable us to constantly produce 3D-printed devices, which will allow us to try different geometries for different studies.

One of the most exciting aspects of presenting at the showcase is the potential to spark interest and inspire collaboration. Our project stems from biomedical engineering and involves other fields such as material science, both of which are fields that are rapidly evolving. By reducing surface roughness in 3D-printed microfluidic devices, we are addressing a critical barrier in the accuracy and reliability of thrombosis testing. This innovation could pave the way for more precise diagnostic tools, ultimately contributing to better patient outcomes.

Finally, I think that the IDEA grant has been an excellent experience as a researcher, and I am excited to share the ups and downs with the public. I understand that most of the attendees will be able to relate to the struggles and success we IDEA grant awardees have gone through, and I am also sure some of them will want to know about the human part. I hope that I will be able to present our findings and provide context for their importance, and I hope that in the process I will be able to give some insight into how it was done and what has been necessary to achieve the goal.

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