Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate Last week, when voters in Montana elected Greg Gianforte to fill the state’s lone seat in the House of Representatives, even after he was recorded in a physical altercation with a reporter, many Americans — like me — were left to look on in astonished […]
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Investigation Turns to Kushner's Motives in Meeting With a Putin Ally Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was looking for a direct line to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — a search that in mid-December found him in a room with a Russian banker whose financial institution […]
The Awkward Body Language of Donald Trump Our golden-haired leader is no silver-tongued devil, but that’s O.K. What he lacks in verbal zingers he makes up for with physical ones. Body language — both his and that of the pitiable people around him — is telling the story of Donald […]
Kushner Is Said to Have Discussed a Secret Channel to Talk to Russia Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, spoke in December with Russia’s ambassador to the United States about establishing a secret communications channel between the Trump transition team and Moscow to discuss strategy in Syria and […]
Republicans, Pushing Aside Trump's Budget, Find Few Alternatives Congressional Republicans greeted President Trump’s first full budget on Tuesday with open hesitation or outright hostility. But it was not clear that they could come up with an alternative that could win over conservatives and moderates while clearing a path for the […]
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White […]
Lieberman Is a Finalist for F.B.I. Director, Trump Says Lieberman Is a Finalist for F.B.I. Director, Trump Says:- President Trump, 24 hours from his self-imposed deadline for picking a new F.B.I. director, told reporters on Thursday that he was “very close” to choosing a successor to James B. Comey, and […]
Comey, Unsettled by Trump, Is Said to Have Wanted Him Kept at a Distance President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to […]
Amid Trump Turmoil, Some Begin Eyeing Mike Pence For Republicans reeling at a daily stream of troubling revelations about President Trump, the prospect that Vice President Mike Pence would assume power should Mr. Trump leave office is a remote possibility. But for Democrats uttering the first whispers of impeachment talk […]
$110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner's Personal Touch $110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner's Personal Touch:- On the afternoon of May 1, President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, welcomed a high-level delegation of Saudis to a gilded reception room next door to the White House […]
