In a case about falsified records, it’s the records themselves that count the most.
Prosecutors on Monday took the jury deep into the Trump Organization’s ledgers as the state’s case proceeds at speed.
The social safety net programs continue to face long-term shortfalls as lawmakers wrestle over changes.
Before prosecutors began presenting crucial records, the judge held Donald J. Trump in contempt, saying his complaints about the jury were “a direct attack on the rule of law.”
Ms. Tarasoff, a former employee of the accounting department at the Trump Organization, helped reimburse Michael D. Cohen for the hush-money payment at the center of Donald J. Trump’s trial.
Estamos viendo un tríptico fascinante del expresidente: en el juicio, vemos quién fue; en sus mítines de campaña, vemos quién es, y en su entrevista en Time, vemos quién sería.
Donald J. Trump faces 34 felony counts in his Manhattan trial, but none involve the other misconduct that prosecutors say he engaged in.
Trump shouldn’t be allowed to use his punishment to play the martyr.
Allen H. Weisselberg instructed Jeffrey S. McConney to send reimbursements to Donald J. Trump’s former fixer, Mr. McConney testified.
The Conservative Partnership Institute’s three highest-paid contractors had connections to the group’s leaders or their relatives, raising concerns about self-dealing.
The reimbursement to Michael D. Cohen, the former Trump fixer who paid $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels, is at the center of the criminal case against the former president.
Donald J. Trump again broke a gag order meant to bar him from attacking participants in his criminal trial, Justice Juan M. Merchan ruled. He threatened the former president with jail.
America is being tested in so many ways right now.
Politics is a competition to dominate. Liberals have their own tradition of it — and they should embrace it.
A decision by the Federal Election Commission would allow the Biden and Trump campaigns to raise money for outside groups pushing ballot measures.
The uproars that don’t seem to touch Trump at all can still bring down other Republicans.
At Washington dinner parties, dark jokes abound about where to go into exile if the former president reclaims the White House.
Republicans have spent years drawing Latino evangelicals into their fold. At one growing church in the Las Vegas suburbs, Donald J. Trump is reaping the benefits.
Charlie Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer, had been under attack since soon after he joined the Republican National Committee in March.
The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order.
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
The speech by Donald J. Trump at a Republican National Committee fund-raising retreat came during his criminal trial in New York. He faces a total of 88 criminal charges across four indictments.
Looking at who Trump was, is and would be.
Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.
Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal.
Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.
Hope Hicks, the former spokeswoman for Donald Trump, testified about how she and Trump managed one scandal after another in the 2016 campaign. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaways.
The dramatic appearance of Ms. Hicks, once one of Donald J. Trump’s closest aides, riveted the audience. During her testimony, she blinked back tears.
In a riveted courtroom, Ms. Hicks, the former spokeswoman for Donald J. Trump, testified how she and her former boss managed one scandal after another.
Hope Hicks, once a spokeswoman for Donald J. Trump, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she talked about their time together.
The political arms of five organizations are coordinating their efforts to mobilize Hispanic Democrats, saying that defeating the former president is their top goal.
Hope Hicks, Donald J. Trump’s campaign press secretary in 2016, testified about the infamous recording, which captured him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals. It was revealed by The Washington Post a month before the election.
Ms. Hicks, testifying in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, is expected to be asked about the hush money payment at the center of the case against him.
With tensions escalating and Republicans pouncing, President Biden finally weighed in and sought to increase the distance between himself and some of the more radical activism on colleges.
Douglas Daus, a forensic analyst in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, obtained the audio from the phones of Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former fixer.
The tape, played at the former president’s criminal trial, captured Michael Cohen, the former fixer of Donald Trump, telling him about a payment to a former Playboy model. Jonah Bromwich, who covers criminal justice for The New York Times, gives a...
The excesses of social protest movements can play into the hands of candidates who promise to restore order.
Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes.
Stormy Daniels’s former lawyer faced a tough cross-examination as Donald J. Trump’s team tried to paint him as a shakedown artist.
There is no originalist case for presidential immunity.
Donald Trump’s lawyers played hardball, questioning Stormy Daniels’s lawyer’s history of profiting from celebrities in embarrassing situations.
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers tried to paint Keith Davidson, the man who helped broker a hush-money payment for Stormy Daniels, as a specialist in extracting money from the famous.
Responses to news and opinion articles about the campus protests. Also: Trump logic; pondering another civil war; lessons in the classroom.
“What have we done?” Keith Davidson texted a tabloid editor on election night, testifying on Thursday that it had been gallows humor.
Justice Juan M. Merchan will consider punishing Donald J. Trump for recent attacks on witnesses and jurors, some of which occurred outside the courtroom.
It is not Donald J. Trump who has come in for sustained criticism from witnesses. It is his former fixer, who paid the hush money at the heart of the case.
What redrawn maps might mean in November.
Former President Donald J. Trump has spent decades saying whatever he wants, whenever he wants. But as a criminal defendant on trial in Manhattan, his words now come with very different consequences.
In 30 years of Senate bids, Mr. Biden was such a formidable incumbent that he did not face a serious threat to his return to office. His last re-election is shaping up to be something different: a fight.
When authorities are seen as corrupt, we celebrate those who defy them.
Earlier testimony by the porn star’s lawyer, Keith Davidson, offered a rare window into the behind-the-scenes negotiations to buy his client’s silence before the 2016 election.
La jueza Katharine H. Parker afirmó que LaRocca Hornik tendría que seguir representando al expresidente por el momento y que programaría una reunión con el bufete y la campaña para discutir el asunto.
“If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that,” Donald Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
The former president recalled a key detail central to testimony before the Jan. 6 committee during a campaign event in Wisconsin.
The bill, which reflects growing support for legalization, would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But it is unlikely to pass in an election year and a divided government.
The New York Times is publishing the court system’s transcripts from the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, who is charged with 34 felonies in the case.
The former president called protesters “raging lunatics” and suggested, without evidence, that they were hired to draw attention away from border crossings.
The vice president sought to tie former President Donald J. Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday.
On the day that Florida began to enforce its six-week abortion ban, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a searing attack on former President Donald J. Trump in Jacksonville, Fla., calling the measure “another Trump abortion ban.”
Witnesses discussed the salacious and the banal, and the judge warned the defendant he could go to jail.
Rudy Giuliani promised a bankruptcy court that he would limit his spending, but it didn’t take long before he broke that pledge, and by a lot.
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
Andy Litinsky, who helped start the former president’s social media company, revealed Mr. Trump’s last-minute doubts about an agreement that made them all very wealthy.
As a six-week ban takes effect in Florida, and Arizona legislators repealed their 1864 law restricting the procedure, Democrats hope the issue will help carry them through a tough political environment.
New York State’s court system is releasing transcripts from each day of the Manhattan criminal trial against former President Donald J. Trump.
Responses to articles about the case before the Supreme Court. Also: Perspectives on the campus protests; how children value trees as homes for animals.
El expresidente quiere que su abogado ataque a los testigos, al jurado que considera hostil y al juez, Juan Merchan.
The oldest president is in big trouble with the youngest voters, especially men.
It’s good to have a reality check every few months.
Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.
I tried operating a boat on Conservatory Water, the pond famous for model boating. It’s harder than it looks.
Here we are, watching the narrow, tawdry version of the trial the nation ought to have had 50 years ago.
The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.
Donald Trump was fined and warned of jail time after he violated a gag order in his criminal trial. Prosecutors have argued that his statements threaten the trial. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaw...
Donald J. Trump was fined for contempt and warned of jail time before a lawyer testified about how he struck deals to silence two women who said they had trysts with the former president.
The judge made it clear that further gag-order violations could land the former president in jail.
Republicans pressed the Treasury secretary on President Biden’s tax proposals and the fate of the Trump tax cuts that will expire in 2025.
They played clips of Donald J. Trump attacking women who had accused him of assault, a way to contend with a judge’s order barring direct testimony about the cases.
The president and other top Democrats moved quickly to capitalize politically on Donald J. Trump’s interview with Time magazine, particularly his comments on abortion.
In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter.
Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented two women from Donald Trump’s past, testified in his criminal trial about the hush-money deals both received.
In an interview with Time magazine, the former president said he planned to use the military to deport migrants and would not dismiss the possibility of political violence after this year’s election.
The state is the fourth where Mr. Kennedy is all but assured a spot on the ballot in November against President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
Responses to John McWhorter’s lament that their ubiquity has rendered them meaningless. Also: China and climate; kids’ reactions to news; debate conditions.
The former president was fined and warned of jail time after he broke a gag order in his criminal trial. The finding took aim at his mendacity and suggestions that his online attacks are mere politics.
We explain why more Latino voters find Trump appealing.
In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.
In the battleground state of Georgia, some Black entrepreneurs are frustrated over the impact of higher interest rates, a source of economic anxiety.
Todd Blanche upended his career to represent Donald J. Trump and has been the former president’s favorite. But Mr. Trump has made him a focus of his episodic wrath.
En una declaración conjunta, los presidentes de EE. UU. y de México se comprometieron a abordar la migración no autorizada, pero no especificaron ninguna acción concreta.
There have been few political consequences for many Republicans accused of helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
Beware strongmen who engage in magical thinking.
President Biden is under intense political pressure, including from within his own party, to address migration before the election.
Prosecutors believe Donald J. Trump’s official acts in trying to overturn the election should be admissible evidence even if the Supreme Court rules they cannot be the basis of the charges.
Michael D. Cohen’s lawyers took on OAN over the false story. The settlement came as right-wing news outlets face a barrage of defamation suits.
Sampling the outpouring of responses to the continuing protests on college campuses. Also: The Trump criminal cases; Trump, Pence and abortion.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to get on the ballot in 50 states has already cost millions, federal campaign finance records show.
How Donald Trump has slowed the cases against him.
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has signaled that a second term would be more radical and vindictive than his first one.
Boring as it may sound, it is a case about business integrity.
And a few things we’d like to forget.
In “The Age of Grievance,” the New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni chronicles the nation’s descent into constant kvetching.
El expresidente lleva décadas dando numerosas declaraciones, a veces comentarios en los que se contradice a sí mismo. Ahora, esa tendencia juega en su contra en su caso penal en Manhattan.
The former president and his vanquished rival met in Florida, months after Ron DeSantis dropped out after a contentious Republican contest.
Readers discuss an article about insurers sending large bills for out-of-network care. Also: Brave Trump jurors; Black voters; better than debates.
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has occasionally featured some great stand-up comedy. This “S.N.L.” veteran’s set will not join that list.
The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners has invested more than $1.2 billion, much of it in firms abroad, drawing new scrutiny as his father-in-law, Donald Trump, again seeks the presidency. The New York Times Investigative Reporter, Eric Lipton, explain...
The former president called Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a ‘Democrat plant’ and attacked his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, who gave $2 million to the Kennedy campaign.
The testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, included stories of celebrity encounters and his own wild journalistic tactics.
On what planet were Trump’s actions a normal response to political defeat?
Readers largely take issue with a column by Ross Douthat about the left’s supposed unhappiness.
Journalists and politicians schmoozed over filet mignon at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside.
Donald J. Trump’s relationship with Wall Street has changed dramatically since 2016. He was closely aligned with business leaders during his first term in office, until a series of events exposed their divisions.
No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself.
Each day before and after court proceedings, the former president stepped out in front of the cameras and offered his version of the case.
The Ohio senator and Donald Trump Jr. have bonded politically and personally. It’s a relationship that could factor into the former president’s search for a running mate.
Antes ese término estaba relegado a los márgenes del debate nacional, pero ahora forma parte del mensaje mayoritario del Partido Republicano sobre la inmigración.
Donald J. Trump demands praise and concedes no faults, denying his lawyers time-honored defense tactics.
The Health and Human Services Department finalized a rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, reversing a Trump-era policy.
The first week of testimony has ended in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaways.
A tabloid publisher’s testimony dominated a week that began with opening statements setting the stage for the first prosecution of a president.
Mr. Meijer, a former House member, said he did not have a “strong pathway to victory” in the Michigan primary race.
David Pecker, who was the keeper of Donald J. Trump’s secrets, insisted he had testified truthfully about his dealings with the former president.
The appearance allowed President Biden to tell the stories of love and loss that have defined his public image.
President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court.
Few people knew Donald J. Trump like Ms. Graff, a Queens native who made a career serving the defendant.
A cluster of downtown buildings has served as the borough’s “epicenter of criminal justice in New York since the 1830s,” said a lawyer who has led walking tours of Manhattan courthouses.
The confrontational strategy adopted by the lawyer, Emil Bove, did not seem to work with David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer.
In arguments on Thursday, the justices appeared to signal two ways they could help Donald Trump as he fights charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Republicans have been increasingly using the word “invasion” in their ads and speeches to describe migrants on the southern border solidifying the word into party’s overall message on immigration.
Readers express concern about how the justices will rule on Donald Trump’s immunity claim. Also: An environmental decision for Alaska; Ralph Nader, on third parties.
The president’s announcement came after months in which he and his campaign declined to say whether he would debate his predecessor.
Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct.
The majority leader says the measure to help Ukraine and other recent bipartisan efforts show there is a path to success on Capitol Hill. But deep partisan differences and institutional problems remain.
Once relegated to the margins of the national debate, the word is now part of the party’s mainstream message on immigration.
Prosecutors are sending a warning as Donald Trump and his supporters continue to spread conspiracy theories: that disrupting elections can bear a heavy legal cost.
Plus, Haiti gets a new government.
The former president’s claim that he has absolute immunity for criminal acts taken in office as president is an insult to reason.
Turning the page on the man — and on the politics he has fostered — will require fundamentally changing the text of our founding document.