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As president, Donald Trump never trusted the intelligence community. His antipathy has only grown since he left office, with potentially serious implications should he return to power.

He could transform our government into a modern Tammany Hall, installing a kleptocratic leadership that will be difficult to dislodge.

The former president has tried to stoke fear around immigration and border security throughout his 2024 campaign, as he has done in the past.

A share of donations taken in by the Republican National Committee will go to the group footing his legal bills before any of the cash goes to the party itself.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers told a judge that their client could not come up with the collateral needed to stave off efforts to collect a $454 million judgment. He has six days left.

In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.

In a social media post, Donald J. Trump appeared to take a stance that went even further than his lawyers have in court about the scope of immunity from prosecution that a president should enjoy.

The president framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.