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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.
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?
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.