Peter Baker

As Trump opens his second term, it’s important to understand his first. “THE DIVIDER” w/@sbg1.bsky.social now in paperback or Kindle goes behind the scenes of his first four years in the White House and helps explain the next four. politics-prose.com/book/9780593... www.amazon.com/Divider-Trum...

The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.

Vance: "If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation." Washington Post, May 8, 1945: "Germany Surrenders Unconditionally."

"Trump’s biggest reveal is what he shows about those around him; he is a mirror, and not a flattering one, for other people’s souls." @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the "longest, cringiest Trump Cabinet meeting yet." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Platner's former political director says he does not have the integrity or sound judgment to be a U.S. senator. "He exhibits a pattern of dishonest behavior that is impossible to ignore." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

One of the most famous sentences in American history was inspired by a department store ad. Maybe. Or perhaps it was taken from a writer’s journal. No one knows for sure. And curiously enough, it did not get all that much attention at first. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The United States was written into being. Now, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence, we look at six sentences that shaped the American story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Bidens are back. With a book and a speech and social media surge, they are having their say again a year and a half after leaving the White House. But some unhappy Democrats would just as soon the party move on. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...

A Houston lawyer who defended Paxton against criminal charges and represented him during his impeachment trial has endorsed Talarico, saying that Paxton had “lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.” @jdavidgoodman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...

Trump nominates Blanche for attorney general, tapping his former personal attorney who orchestrated the plan to give $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to Trump allies and to grant Trump and his family immunity from paying any owed back taxes and penalties. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Trump, election night 2024: "I'm not going to start wars. I’m going to stop wars." Trump, Sunday: "I didn’t guarantee no war." @katierogersnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

While Senate Republicans objected to the $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies, they have done nothing to stop Trump's self-bestowed immunity from IRS audits, meaning he gets out of paying potentially $100 million or more in back taxes and penalties @aduehren.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/u...

American employers hired vigorously in May, adding 172,000 jobs, in a sign that the labor market is on a genuine upswing after last year’s weak patch. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/bu...

At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released from @lawfaremedia.org. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...