Peter Baker
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Recent articles by Peter:
Trump says people have 'no choice' but to vote for him to save stock market
Donald Trump said even Americans who hate him “have no choice” but to vote for him in the next US election because otherwise the stock market will collapse. → Read More
El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language
If the president did not originally inspire the gunman, he has brought into the mainstream polarizing ideas and people once consigned to the fringes of American society. → Read More
Trump orders medals to be stripped from prosecutors in war crimes trial
Donald Trump has demanded medals be revoked from prosecutors in the war crimes trial of a Navy seal who was acquitted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body. Mr Trump's announcement was a remarkable rebuke by a US president of his own Navy leadership. → Read More
Trump Treats Rally in Cincinnati as Rebuttal to Democratic Debates
Delivering a reliably red-meat speech to supporters who gathered Thursday in Ohio, President Trump took the stage to paint prominent Democrats as “left-wing extremists.” → Read More
Trump Calls Baltimore ‘Corrupt’ as Black Lawmakers Boycott Jamestown Ceremony
African-American legislators said they would not attend his speech commemorating the 400th anniversary of representative democracy in America. → Read More
Trump Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Saying He ‘Hates Whites’
President Trump extended his attacks on critics of color with an early-morning Twitter blast calling Mr. Sharpton “a con man” and “a troublemaker.” → Read More
Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire
While other presidents have found ways to appeal to the resentments of white Americans with subtle and not-so-subtle appeals, none of them in modern times have done so as overtly as this one. → Read More
Acosta Defends His Role in Brokering Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal
R. Alexander Acosta, the labor secretary, rebuffed calls for his resignation by Democrats, who criticized his decision as a prosecutor in 2008 to accept a lenient sentence for Mr. Epstein. → Read More
Trump in Asia: ‘We’re the Hottest Show in Town’
The president at times stretched, ignored or made up facts, but in Japan and North and South Korea, he pursued an agenda of breathtaking ambition. → Read More
Trump and Kim Jong-un to Meet at DMZ Dividing Korea
The North Korean leader accepted Mr. Trump’s unorthodox invitation posted on Twitter just a day earlier for what will be the third time the two have gotten together in person. → Read More
At G20, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin After End of Mueller Inquiry
President Trump’s advisers hope to use the session to pivot the relationship toward arms control, a paradoxical priority given the administration’s recent moves to dismantle treaties. → Read More
Four Years Ago Trump Was Seen as a Sideshow. Now He Is the Show.
The 2020 election will be a test — not just of the man but of his country. Was President Trump’s victory the last time around a historical fluke or a genuine reflection of America in the modern age? → Read More
Trump Wants to Neutralize Democrats on Health Care. Republicans Say Let It Go.
If the president follows through on issuing a plan, it could help shape a presidential race that Democrats would like to focus largely on health care. → Read More
Trump Campaign to Purge Pollsters After Leak of Dismal Results
Just two days before President Trump is set to kick off his re-election campaign, his team was cutting ties with three pollsters as part of an effort to prevent further leaks. → Read More
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving White House at the End of the Month
Ms. Sanders, the White House press secretary, fiercely defended President Trump through one of the most tumultuous periods in American politics. → Read More
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
The agency that enforces federal law barring partisan politics in the government called Ms. Conway a “repeat offender” and recommended she be dismissed. → Read More
A Drama of Trump’s Own Making Ends With a Familiar Hero
The threat to impose tariffs on Mexico was a case study in President Trump’s approach to some of the most daunting issues confronting him and the nation. → Read More
Trump Undercuts John Bolton on North Korea and Iran
During a trip to Japan, President Trump contradicted John R. Bolton, his national security adviser, on North Korean missile launches and overthrowing the government in Iran. → Read More
Trump Jumps Into Impeachment Fray With Both Feet
Some advisers worry that the president is giving oxygen to a fire that otherwise might burn out or at least be left to crackle in the background. → Read More
Trump Walks Out on Pelosi and Schumer After 3 Minutes
After Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused him of a “cover-up,” the president said he would not work with Democrats until they stopped their “phony investigations.” → Read More