The publisher of the The National Enquirer said he was called upstairs at Trump Tower to a postelection meeting where Donald J. Trump introduced him to future White House figures.
They called Donald J. Trump “the boss.” The desire to avoid his fury drove many decisions made by those around him.
After a tape emerged of Donald J. Trump discussing how he groped women, she quickly struck a deal.
In this one instance, at least, he stood on principle.
Responses to an essay about risks of choking during sex. Also: Abortion and the Supreme Court; Columbia unrest; hiring discrimination; Trump’s “fake news.”
The judge in his criminal case is already considering whether to punish the former president for statements about jurors and witnesses in the case.
Marchers closed down a street calling for the former president to face justice.
The early morning campaign stop exemplifies the balancing act required for a candidate who is also a criminal defendant.
Plus, new airline refund rules.
The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.
The justices will consider on Thursday whether the former president must face trial on charges that he tried to subvert the 2020 election.
A conversation about the power of Trump’s punchlines — and the jokes President Biden should be telling.
To win a political campaign, you want to put your candidate in a setting that provides a chance to excel. For Trump, that’s the trial.
The parent company for The Enquirer, the tabloid now famous for its ties to former President Donald J. Trump, has tried repeatedly to sell the publication. It hasn’t been easy.
Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor, is among the fans of Donald J. Trump who helped turn Trump Media into a meme stock with volatile prices.
Here’s how key figures involved in making hush-money payoffs on behalf of Donald J. Trump are connected.
The former president portrayed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses as “riots,” saying that “Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’” in comparison.
Arizona on Wednesday indicted Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a number of others who advised Donald J. Trump during the 2020 election, as well as the fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf to try to keep him in power despite his loss in the state. Here is the indictment.
Those charged included Boris Epshteyn, a top legal strategist for Donald Trump, and fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election.
The suffering in the war in Gaza is unacceptable. Young people will make that point clear this summer in Chicago.
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
Trials are wars of words. These are some of the most memorable that have been spoken as a jury hears the criminal case against Donald J. Trump.
An investigator said in court that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his aides conspired with fake electors to overturn his 2020 defeat in Michigan.
The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the election.
After the justices hear arguments on Thursday, how they decide may be just as important as what they decide.
Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Donald Trump, “unprecedented”; tech in school; how sorrow changes us; California’s property taxes.
Votes for dropout candidates, such as Nikki Haley, have been features of past election cycles, too.
Polls show voters are angry about costs, like mortgages, and worried they will stay high if the president wins re-election.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.
“Finish What We Started,” by the journalist Isaac Arnsdorf, reports from the front lines of the right-wing movement’s strategy to gain power, from the local level on up.
The court’s delay may have stripped citizens of the criminal justice system’s most effective mechanism for determining disputed facts: a trial.
A liberal Pittsburgh-area congresswoman turned away a centrist challenger, Nikki Haley kept ringing up votes against Donald Trump, and a Senate race began in earnest.
Tuesday’s session of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial began with a heated clash between Justice Juan M. Merchan and Mr. Trump’s lead lawyer over a gag order. It ended with an insider look into a tabloid newspaper practices. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives the major takeaways.
A tabloid publisher testified how he helped Trump’s 2016 campaign.
President Biden tied a six-week abortion ban that will soon take place in Florida to former President Donald J. Trump and Republican efforts to ban abortion nationwide.
Si Trump fuera encarcelado, un destacamento de agentes trabajaría 24 horas al día dentro de las instalaciones para garantizar su seguridad, señalaron varios funcionarios.
The former publisher of The National Enquirer testified at Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial that he used a so-called catch-and-kill deal to silence the doorman.
The tabloid’s parent company was fined for breaking federal election laws after spending money to buy and bury stories that could have harmed Donald J. Trump’s campaign.
Donald J. Trump amplified a false assertion by the commentator Jesse Watters that activists were infiltrating the jury in his criminal trial.
The former president’s claim ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court hearing that he was protecting the election system rather than subverting it is part of a pattern of shaping his own reality.
Readers, including parents of suspended students, discuss the unrest. Also: Responses to Liz Cheney on the Supreme Court and Donald Trump’s immunity claim.
La red social ha superado a la competencia sobre todo porque sus rivales han flaqueado. En marzo, registró 1,5 millones de visitantes únicos en Estados Unidos. La popularidad no asegura que sea rentable.
Highlights from the first big day of the former president’s New York criminal case.
Los primeros días del juicio al expresidente, resultados de la consulta en Ecuador y más para el martes.
Inside the criminal trial of former President Donald J. Trump.
The former president is in line for a windfall after the stock price of Trump Media hit performance targets in its first few weeks of trading, raising the value of his already sizable stake.
The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump.
Will the court go out of its way to disregard statutory language and create ambiguity where none exists?
Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters fed up with their groundwater being pumped by huge farms.
It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up. But it’s still a highly flawed case.
Justice Juan M. Merchan will hear arguments over whether the former president violated his gag order before The National Enquirer’s former publisher takes the stand.
Officials have had preliminary discussions about how to protect the former president in the unlikely event that he is jailed for contempt during the trial.
Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives the major takeaways from the opening statements and the first witness of Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan. An earlier version of this video misstated that it’s the sixth day of the Trump hush-money trial. It is Day 5.
“Don’t give them a noble reason to indict you, because they will,” an unnamed associate told Donald J. Trump, according to an interview the person gave the F.B.I. in the classified documents case.
The prosecution and the defense presented their opening statements.
With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Donald Trump issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and suggested the poor turnout was a result of a plot against his supporters.
Prosecutors signaled a sweeping case and Donald J. Trump’s lawyers began their assault on witnesses’ credibility. The judge seems intent on expediting the first trial of an American president.
TV networks began the challenging assignment on Monday of covering former President Trump’s trial without the luxury of cameras inside the courtroom.
Letitia James had asked a court to reject the bond that Donald J. Trump posted in his civil fraud case. A deal on Monday will keep the terms of the bond largely unchanged.
The former president has put forth a law-and-order candidacy while also criticizing the legal system when it comes to himself and making exceptions for his supporters.
The term was coined by tabloid editors for buying the rights to stories for the purpose of ensuring the information never becomes public. Donald J. Trump was a beneficiary.
Mr. Pecker, the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, is first on the stand at the former president’s trial.
Readers praise the House speaker over the passage of the aid bill. Also: A juror’s duty; banning guns; poverty and health; anxious parents and kids.
Mr. Blanche is also representing the former president in his federal classified documents case in Florida and his federal election interference case in Washington.
New York courts generally do not permit video to be broadcast from courtrooms, although a feed is being transmitted into an overflow room for the reporters covering the trial.
At a national park in Virginia on Monday, the president will point to investments in clean energy and appear with future members of his American Climate Corps.
Prosecutors for the Manhattan district attorney’s office will go first, giving a preview of the evidence and seeking to persuade and charm the 12 jurors.
The defendant is unique, but the basic structure and rhythms of the trial resemble every American prosecution.
If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried this year, our system may never hold the man most responsible for Jan. 6 to account.
A jury has been selected and opening statements are set to begin in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan. Kate Christobek, a court reporter for The New York Times, breaks down what to watch.
The ad portrays a woman trying to leave the state to have an abortion. The Campaign for Democracy, a political action committee started by Mr. Newsom, the California governor, created it.
Two prospective jurors who were excused contacted The New York Times to describe their experience in the fraught environment of an unprecedented trial.
The mundanity of the courtroom has all but swallowed Donald Trump, who for decades has sought to project an image of bigness and a sense of power.
Monday will see opening statements in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump. The state’s case seems strong, but a conviction is far from assured.
Before Stormy Daniels, Donald J. Trump and his allies paid to keep other stories buried as he ran for the presidency.
President Biden’s campaign had $85.5 million on hand at the end of March, filings show, and Donald Trump had $45 million, but the president is spending far more freely on the race.
After a week stuck in a courtroom, Donald Trump was planning to speak to thousands of supporters in North Carolina, until the weather turned dangerous.
His most vocal allies in the House, however, were loudly against providing assistance as Ukraine fights Russia’s invasion.
In the Republican Party of 2024, styled in the image of former President Donald J. Trump, a norm-preserving, consensus-driven act — even a basic one — can be a career-ending offense.
The former first lady is swept back into the Stormy cyclone.
Here’s how America should build on the end of Roe v. Wade
The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.
The Trump campaign and the Republican Party plan to dispatch over 100,000 volunteers and lawyers to monitor elections in battleground states — and work in concert with conservative activists.
Even as abortion rights ballot issues have had some striking successes, anti-abortion forces have stood firm in state legislatures like Arizona’s where they have deep convictions and positions of power.
El juez ordenó que la identidad de estas personas sea confidencial durante el juicio. Esto es lo que sabemos de los ciudadanos que juzgarán a Trump.
Las autoridades identificaron al hombre como Max Azzarello, de 37 años. Días previos estuvo mostrando varios carteles, entre ellos uno que afirmaba que Trump y Biden estaban “a punto de darnos un golpe de Estado fascista”.
A full jury is seated, a horrifying incident shocks the court and opening statements are set to begin on Monday.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers tried to divine the political leanings of prospective jurors in the former president’s Manhattan criminal trial from their answers to questions about what media they consume.
Journalists covering the trial face a tricky balancing act: inform the public while keeping its participants out of harm’s way.
Mr. Kennedy’s success in landing on the battleground state’s ballot guarantees that he will shape the race this November. Both parties are racing to define him.
Just after the last selections of alternate jurors were made, a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse, horrifying onlookers. But the case was not delayed.
Over the past week, some potential jurors who were confronted with their old posts seemed sheepish, if not outright embarrassed.
Prosecutors are seeking to cross-examine the former president, should he take the stand, about lawsuits he has lost, including a civil jury’s finding last year that he was liable for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll.
Much would depend on Congress and the cabinet, but financial forecasters aren’t optimistic.
Austin Smith, a Republican in the Arizona House, also withdrew from his re-election bid on Thursday as his candidate petitions drew scrutiny in a constituent’s court complaint.
Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. He was taken to a hospital and died hours later.
Fame creates its own gravity and Donald J. Trump is usually the center of it. But in his courtroom, Justice Juan M. Merchan also has pull.
The former president faces dozens of felony charges stemming from hush-money payments to a porn star. He would undoubtedly appeal any conviction, and the presiding judge has leeway on sentencing.
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”
A gathering of officials from Lithuania and Ukraine and supporters of Donald J. Trump highlights growing efforts to get on the good side of the former U.S. president in case he is elected again.
His liabilities weren’t dominating the conversation the way they once did, perhaps helping his polling, but the trial could change things.
President Biden’s push to transform the race into a binary choice between him and Donald Trump has been aided by blanket coverage of Mr. Trump’s courtroom appearances.
Twelve jurors have already been chosen. Jury selection could wrap up on Friday as the lawyers seek to add five alternates — substitutes in case any of the first dozen must leave — to the panel.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon denied requests by Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira to have the charges against them dropped.
The cross section of New Yorkers emerged after three days of questioning. These are the citizens who will judge their former president.
“Oops, that sounds bad”: One prospective juror read aloud one of her old posts and apologized.
After a rocky morning in which two jurors were dismissed, a full panel of 12 was seated. Opening statements could start Monday.
The former president had sought to have lawsuits against him put on hold until after his federal criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Justice Juan M. Merchan warned against identifying the people who might judge Donald J. Trump, who regularly attacks the justice system.
Manhattan prosecutors again asked the judge in Donald J. Trump’s criminal case to hold him in contempt of court. The judge said he would consider the matter next week.
The rollout of endorsements from the Kennedys signaled the urgency the Biden campaign feels toward Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid, and its desire to discredit him.
The Natural Law Party, which has ballot access in Michigan, nominated Mr. Kennedy. President Biden’s campaign is worried that he could tip the election to former President Donald J. Trump.
One seated juror said she had developed concerns her identity could be revealed. The second was dismissed after prosecutors raised concerns about his credibility.
Responses to an essay that suggested that the affluent forgo some deductions. Also: Aid to Ukraine; gun safety on the set; plastics and pollutants.
Trump’s trial brings more questions than answers to the fore.
Some news reports have included details about jurors that had been aired in open court. One was excused after she developed concerns about being identified.
Here’s what has happened so far in the unprecedented proceedings against a former U.S. president.
A look at new polling that shows Joe Biden may be struggling with the Gen Z voters he needs to win.
Biden needs to find a narrative for his candidacy, then work like hell to push it out. But it’s hard to argue people out of their feelings.
In a historic case against a polarizing former president, jury selection in Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial has so far focused on whether anyone can judge him fairly.
Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far behind X and others.
Two ex-contestants on “The Apprentice” sold the former president on the idea of a social media platform. Now, the company and the pair are wrangling over their stake.
Prison time is a possibility. It’s uncertain, of course, but plausible.
With the issue of abortion rights, the vice president has hit her stride.
The Trump campaign said that candidates using his brand should turn over at least 5 percent of donations and encouraged them to send more than the minimum.
Both the prosecutors and defense are trying to frame it differently.
Speaking to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh, the president urged major increases to some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China.
In all likelihood, it would amount to more of the same. We could do worse.
Los dictadores son eso: dictadores, con o sin sanciones de Estados Unidos.
Readers discuss an essay that criticized wording like “sex assigned at birth.” Also: Power over principle; the electric grid; Shakespeare’s insights.
Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against people who posed as electors for Donald Trump, and Arizona and Wisconsin have active investigations.
Times reporters discuss the relationship between major C.E.O.s and Donald Trump.
In a speech to union steelworkers in Pittsburgh, the president will announce several new measures meant to raise new barriers against floods of Chinese imports.
Jesse Wegman on why “the system is operating as intended.”
Linda Qiu, a fact check reporter for The New York Times, analyzes some of Donald Trump’s false and misleading statements about his ongoing court cases.
For a kid from Queens who never quite conquered Manhattan, this trial is a fitting homecoming.
The former president has trotted out a host of false and misleading claims to defend his conduct, attack judges and prosecutors and portray himself as a victim of political persecution.