Donald Trump
Coverage of the 45th president of the United States, from his domestic and foreign policy to his tweets.


Jobs numbers down, gas prices up.


Trump shows his Homeland Security secretary the door.


The economic shock from Trump’s war may only be getting started.


Four days in, Trump’s Iran explanations aren’t getting any clearer.


The US struck multiple Iranian cities early on Saturday morning.


And five other questions about the latest conflict in the Middle East, answered.


The Iran strikes and the danger of an unbound presidency.


The 3 big lessons we’ve learned since “Liberation Day.”


Both parties just approved billions for lifesaving aid abroad. Will Trump actually spend it?


After a White House visit, a Columbia student is released from ICE custody.


Learning Resources, an Illinois toy company, says it paid more than $10 million in tariffs.


Want to threaten Iran? You’re going to need a bigger boat.


What Trump sees in a new voter ID bill.


The Democrats tried something new to rebut Trump’s address.


The president’s grim, anti-democratic address, explained.


The latest Epstein files news, briefly explained.
January 6, 2021 vs. January 8, 2023


Is the US really about to attack Iran?


The drama at the Department of Homeland Security, explained.


Trump loses his biggest tariffs power.


Trump loses, and the Democratic justices didn’t need to concede anything.


How Trump is signing off on his own new ballroom.


Don’t expect a war to end as quickly this time.

What Brazil got right that America got wrong.


Trump vs. Colbert, continued.


And young Republicans are particularly enraged.


Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Trump, immigration, and fighting back.


The end of the endangerment finding, briefly explained.


Why Catholics could be the key to Trump’s opposition.


Trump is struggling to check off his enemies list.


How election officials are thinking about Trump’s threat to the midterms.


Why it’s so hard to know whether the president is okay.


The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable.


Millions of files, zero accountability?


The president falsely accused Haitians in Ohio of eating pets. Now he’s trying to deport them.


The president’s racism is making his party antsy.


The immigration agents leaving Minneapolis, briefly explained.


This DOJ is no longer capable of doing its job.


His case has become a vehicle for a strain of anti-elite populism that’s growing across the political spectrum.


A federal court says deportation protections for Haitian immigrants will remain in place.