Recent approval rating polls show Trump receiving worse approval than his own average. His approval ratings remain among the ...

As president-elect in late 2008, Barack Obama promised to “regain America’s moral stature in the world” by ending some of the Bush administration’s most controversial counterterrorism ...

At the Volokh Conspiracy, University of Chicago law professor Eric Posner compares the records of George W. Bush and Barack Obama when it comes to the expansion of executive power: Thanks to Bush ...

Most of the positions are subject to confirmation by the Senate. See who Trump has chosen and how they compare with the Cabinet picks Barack Obama and George W. Bush made ahead of their inaugurations.

Bush's erroneous political assumptions and failed domestic initiatives are inconsequential compared to his catastrophic mistakes of substance. Obama's most significant failures are very different.

Former Bush administration economic adviser Keith Hennessey argues that it's unfair for President Obama to accuse the previous administration of presiding over "a decade of spiraling deficits": I ...

Michael Linden and Michael Ettlinger compare the two presidents’ records on taxes and find that President Obama’s first-term cuts are bigger than President Bush’s.

President Obama's poll numbers are not in a good place. And, given his second term struggles, there is an increasing tendency to compare him to the lows that George W. Bush "attained" during his ...

Comparing a candidate to President Obama is as bad these days as comparing one to George W. Bush as far as voters are concerned. For most voters, Ronald Reagan remains the best president of the ...

Michelle Obama said being first lady can be confining "but it's a really nice prison," and former first lady Laura Bush said at least the prison has "a chef." ...

Joe Biden Biden tops Trump, Clinton, but outpaced by Obama and both Bushes, in polling comparison Biden's Gallup approval ratings hold steady so far, but there's a massive partisan divide ...

The more relevant comparison than Bush the younger is Barack Obama. This might be surprising, since Trump has dedicated much ...