In the heart of Seattle, a national park memorializes the grit of the Klondike gold rush, where the president’s grandfather ...

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William Paul, a civil servant who became the acting chief counsel at the I.R.S. in January, is expected to be replaced by ...

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In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat ...

Federal judges have lifetime tenure, and foreign leaders answer to their own citizenry. For now, they’re acting as the emergency brakes on Trump as he pushes to remake the world.

President Trump’s shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn.

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