Maggie Haberman | The Seattle Times

FILE — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March, 6, 2019. In the months before Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to get the White House to focus one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: Preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the 2020 election. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

April 24, 2019 at 4:16 am

In push for 2020 election security, Homeland chief was warned: Don’t tell Trump

Homeland Security officials were adamant that the U.S. government needed to significantly step up its efforts to urge the American public and companies to block...

President Donald Trump departs a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The special counsel’s two-year investigation ended without charging Trump with a crime, but Robert Mueller’s report released on Thursday painted a damning portrait of a White House dominated by a president desperate to thwart the inquiry only to be restrained by aides equally desperate to thwart his orders. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT171 XNYT171

April 18, 2019 at 7:53 pm

A portrait of the White House and its culture of chaos, dishonesty VIEW

Although the investigation ended without charges against President Donald Trump, special counsel Robert Mueller’s report painted a damning portrait of a White House dominated by...

April 17, 2019 at 4:00 pm

White House and Justice Department officials discussed Mueller report before release VIEW

WASHINGTON — Not all of Robert Mueller’s findings will be news to President Donald Trump when they are released Thursday morning. Justice Department officials have...

FILE — From left: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Ivanka Trump and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, March 8, 2018. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant Kushner a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials and the White House’s top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT169 XNYT169

February 28, 2019 at 3:24 pm

Trump ordered officials to give Jared Kushner a security clearance

The president overruled concerns by intelligence officials and the top White House top lawyer about giving his son-in-law access to sensitive information, four people briefed...

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing a directive centralizing all military space functions under a new Space Force, which will be overseen by the Department of the Air Force, in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) 1270650 1270650

February 19, 2019 at 1:12 pm

Intimidation, pressure and humiliation: Inside Trump’s two-year war on the investigations encircling him VIEW

President Trump’s public war on the investigations encircling him is no longer shocking. Now, an examination by The New York Times reveals the extent of...

January 27, 2019 at 3:55 pm

Trump thought firing Flynn would end ‘Russia thing,’ Christie writes

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, believed that the “Russia thing” would end as a side effect from the firing of the national...

Nation & World

FILE — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, at an event in Washington, May 5, 2018. Giuliani said Jan. 20 that the president recalled that his discussions with Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, about building a Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through the November 2016 election, months longer than previously confirmed. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
XNYT15 XNYT15

January 20, 2019 at 11:14 am

Giuliani says talks for Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through 2016 election

The president's personal lawyer said in an interview that Donald Trump “recalls a series of conversations” with his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, about...

FILE — President Donald Trump dances with first lady Melania Trump at the Freedom Ball after his inauguration in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017. New details of spending on Trump’s inaugural two years ago show that it roughly doubled that of his immediate predecessors. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT161 XNYT161

January 14, 2019 at 6:25 pm

At Trump’s inauguration, $10,000 for makeup and lots of room service VIEW

WASHINGTON — Private donors put up $107 million to usher Donald Trump into office in style two years ago, and it is now clear just...

Nation & World

January 10, 2019 at 12:39 pm

Former Trump lawyer Cohen agrees to testify to Congress about his work

Michael Cohen’s decision to appear before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Feb. 7 sets the stage for a blockbuster public hearing that threatens...

December 13, 2018 at 9:17 pm

Trump inaugural fund and super PAC said to be scrutinized for illegal foreign donations

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of...