By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — A series of recent court decisions and document releases connected to the long-running investigation of Jeffrey Epstein have reopened a debate that Washington…

By XAMXAM NEW YORK — Few political figures have been as sensitive to mockery as Donald Trump, and few entertainers have been as persistent in provoking it…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump has long treated public confrontation as a form of dominance. Insults, delivered bluntly and without hesitation, have been central to…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — The language has changed. For months, criticism of President Donald J. Trump’s second-term conduct followed a familiar script: investigations, oversight hearings, sternly worded…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — For years, American late-night television has thrived on political mockery, a ritualized exchange in which presidents absorb jokes and comedians trade in exaggeration….

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — At moments of maximum pressure, presidents often look for an exit. Donald Trump has chosen the opposite strategy. Despite repeated Senate votes rebuking…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — Pressure on Donald Trump intensified this week as a growing number of federal judges issued unusually pointed rebukes of the former president’s conduct,…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — It is rare for a retired four-star general to enter the political arena with language more often heard at protest rallies than in…

By XAMXAM WASHINGTON — The vote was not scheduled. Leadership did not preview it. And for much of the House, it arrived as a procedural jolt rather…