Julian E. Zelizer is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of The Long View, a newsletter putting the news in perspective.
A vintage poster shows a hand holding a social security check. The U.S. capitol is in the background. Lettering reads: A monthly check to you — for the rest of your life ... beginning when you are 65.
Donald Trump tips a white hard hat from his head as he stands behind a microphone on a well-lit stage with a crowd out of focus behind him in the darkness.
A staff member arranges a set of executive orders on a desk for U.S. President Donald Trump to sign during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20.
Ronald Reagan smiles and lifts his clasped hands together. Nancy Reagan in a blue dress and hat with golden accessories looks to the right smiling. A U.S. flag and two other men are seen behind them.
United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York, shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, during the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 3.
In this black-and-white photo, Jimmy Carter is seen in profile as he looks to the side and gestures over his shoulder with one thumb toward an open doorway.
Matt Gaetz looks out of The Strom Thurmond Room where he met with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 20.
Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), and U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), speaks at a House Republicans Conference meeting in Washington on Nov. 13.
