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- Our Local Correspondents
What Is Hope Hicks Crying About?
During Donald Trump’s criminal trial, the inscrutable former White House aide was equally inscrutable on the witness stand, despite breaking out into tears while testifying.
May 4, 2024
- The Political Scene Podcast
Who Should Be More Worried about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—Biden or Trump?
“He’s not a serious threat in terms of being able to win,” Jane Mayer says, “but he is potentially a serious threat in being able to spoil this election for one side or the other.”
May 4, 2024
- Our Local Correspondents
Trump Is Turning Victimhood Into His Legal Strategy
In the early days of the trial, lawyers on both sides have started to reveal their strategies. Will the jury believe that Trump’s sordid acquisition of the White House was political business as usual?
May 3, 2024
- Letter from Biden’s Washington
Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?
Donald Trump has now made clear that he won’t concede if he loses the election. Believe him.
May 2, 2024
- The Political Scene Podcast
A Georgia Official Pressured by Trump Prepares for Another Election
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, refused to “find” votes for Donald Trump in 2020. Amid threats, he says he’s ready for voters to cast their ballots in 2024.
April 30, 2024
- The Political Scene Podcast
Trump’s “Bonkers” Immunity Claim, with Neal Katyal
Analyzing the former President’s quest for protection from prosecution before the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 27, 2024
- Our Columnists
The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Protect the Presidency—and Donald Trump
In arguments about Presidential immunity, the conservative Justices, who avoided mentioning Trump, made clear that they are less concerned with holding him accountable than with shielding former Presidents from retribution.
April 26, 2024
- Letter from Biden’s Washington
King Donald’s Day at the Supreme Court
A political hit job? A military coup? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.
April 25, 2024
- News Desk
What Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Means for Donald Trump’s Trial
The legal issue behind Weinstein’s successful appeal is also at the heart of the former President’s hush-money case.
April 25, 2024
- Our Local Correspondents
Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court
At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person.
April 24, 2024
