Donald Trump
Reporting and commentary on the forty-fifth and forty-seventh President.
Critic’s Notebook
What Natalie Harp Carries
Trump’s devoted aide, who is said to follow the President around with a printer, does not seem to be driven by the conventional desires for wealth and power.
By Doreen St. Félix
Podcast Dept.
The Show That’s Charting a Post-Trump Future
“America, Actually,” a new offering from Vox, is trying to talk about politics without talking about the President. Is that even possible?
By Jon Allsop
Global Notes
After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran
The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.”
By Ishaan Tharoor
The Financial Page
A Trump Grift Too Far?
A scheme to charge Wall Street traders for an early look at the President’s comments on Truth Social has generated outrage and a lawsuit.
By John Cassidy
The Political Scene Podcast
What Is Ibogaine and Why Is Trump Talking About It?
The President’s executive order accelerating research into compounds like ibogaine marks a striking turn for a party that was once on the front lines of the war on drugs.
The Lede
Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference
The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
By David D. Kirkpatrick
The Lede
Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran
The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making.
By Robin Wright
The Lede
How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia
Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it?
By Joshua Yaffa
The Financial Page
Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder
As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
By John Cassidy
The Lede
The Remaking of Lindsey Graham
Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
By Ruth Marcus
The Political Scene Podcast
The Platner Implosion, and What It Means for Democrats
With the Maine nominee’s Senate campaign in shambles, Democrats are scrambling to find candidates who can win in this year’s midterms—and in 2028.
The Political Scene Podcast
How the Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Reshaping Executive Power
Those hoping for the judiciary to act as a counterweight to President Trump this term were mostly left disappointed.
World Cup 2026
How Tourists Are Experiencing Trump’s World Cup
Ahead of its co-hosting duties, the U.S. imposed strict travel restrictions on dozens of countries, including four participating in the tournament. What have millions of visiting soccer fans encountered on their American vacation?
By Albert Samaha
The Lede
Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday
At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness.
By Antonia Hitchens
The Lede
The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure
The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate.
By David D. Kirkpatrick
The Financial Page
Donald Trump Has Officially Lost the Plot
His refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters.
By John Cassidy
The Financial Page
Who Is the Real Kevin Warsh?
Before the new Fed chairman got the job, he intimated that the central bank could cut interest rates, but last week he assumed the role of an inflation hawk.
By John Cassidy
Q. & A.
Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?
Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
By Isaac Chotiner
The Political Scene Podcast
The Politics of the Big Game
What Trump’s attendance at an N.B.A. Finals game, the surreal vulgarity of the U.F.C. Freedom 250 event, and “soccer diplomacy” at the World Cup reveal about this political moment.
Q. & A.
The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal
Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back.
By Isaac Chotiner