Televised debates are designed for friction. Bright lights, compressed time, and a waiting audience reward speed and spectacle. What unfolded this week in a live exchange between Barack…

In the spring of 2024, New York’s civil fraud judgment against Donald J. Trump looked like the rare legal threat that could pierce the mythology of a…

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Pam Bondi, Trump University, and the $25,000 Question: How Political Loyalty Tested the Boundaries of Prosecutorial Independence WASHINGTON — When Pam Bondi appears on television defending Donald…

Power, in Donald Trump’s world, has always depended on control. Control of the headline. Control of the clip. Control of the narrative frame. When that control holds,…

In a development that has sent ripples through Washington’s political corridors, former Attorney General William P. Barr has delivered pointed remarks on former President Donald J. Trump,…

Speaker Johnson Walks a Narrow Line on Election Claims, as Trump’s Shadow Looms WASHINGTON — For Mike Johnson, loyalty to Donald Trump has become both a political…

Trump Asks Judge to Void Hush-Money Conviction, Citing Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling NEW YORK — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a New York judge to overturn…