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Peter Baker
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Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
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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.

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The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency yet published."—The Washington Post • A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker and Financial Times • "Th...
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Trump's White House gutted the Institute of Peace, fired its staff and called it a "bloated, useless entity." Now Trump has renamed the institute he tried to destroy after himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
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December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Herseth endangered troops by using the unsecure Signal app to discuss plans to attack the Houthis early this year, inspector general concludes after months of investigation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Pentagon Investigator Faults Hegseth for Improper Use of Signal
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December 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Republicans hang onto House seat in Tennessee special election but their 9-point margin of victory in a deep-red district that Trump won by 22 points underscored the party's weakened position. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Emily Cochrane www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Republican Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission
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December 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump unleashes xenophobic tirade against Somalis, branding them "garbage" in an outburst that was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry even for a president known for his history of insulting Black people, write Zolan Kanno-Youngs and @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
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December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
While the Trump team defends killing suspected drug dealers who have not been convicted of anything, the convicted drug trafficking former president of Honduras is released from prison by a Trump pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
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December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
He was regular beaten with a plastic pipe and survived on a paltry diet of ground-up fish heads: The horrors of Ukraine's "civilian hostages" seized and held in Russia's modern gulag. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
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December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%, per @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump, who is bombing boats said to carry drug runners, pardons the former president of Honduras who was convicted of supporting one of the largest, most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social Annie Correal Jeff Ernst www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Another day, another threat from Trump to prosecute and imprison a former president.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump and his administration have targeted at least 470 people, organizations and institutions for retribution since he took office, according to a @reuters.com tally – an average of more than one a day. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The father of Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members shot in Washington, says his daughter is unlikely to recover. “I’m holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: ‘She Has a Mortal Wound,’ Father of National Guard Member Says
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November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard have died of gunshot wounds after being shot just a couple blocks from the White House. The shooter was shot as well and is in custody. The latest: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, is showing more signs of age and fatigue. His official schedule starts later in the day and he has held 39% fewer public events than during the same period in his first term. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Dylan Freedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Georgia judge dismisses the last pending criminal prosecution against Trump, effectively ending efforts to hold him criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election that he lost. @richardfausset.bsky.social @dannyhakim.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
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November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Muriel Bowser, who helped make DC the vibrant city it is, kept the Capitals and Wizards from leaving, lured back the Commanders, navigated Trump's attacks and offered steady leadership in turbulent times, opts not to run for a fourth term. @campbellnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Says She Won’t Run for a Fourth Term
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November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
After Trump called for them to be executed, the FBI is now said to be investigating six members of Congress for reminding military service members that they should not obey illegal orders. It is not at all clear what law they supposedly violated @gregjaffe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Democrats Say F.B.I. Is Investigating Them Over Illegal Orders Video
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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
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November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Witkoff's advice to Putin aide Ushakov is to have Putin flatter Trump. "He will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so," Ushakov replies, according to transcript of call obtained by Bloomberg. archive.is/2025.11.25-2...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Out today: "Family of Spies" by Christine Kuehn, a mind-blowing story of an American woman who discovers her grandparents and aunt were Nazi spies during World War II. An absolute can't-put-it-down tale. @celadonbooks.bsky.social

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Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come.The Kuehns, a prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard’s sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party, the two hit it off, and they had an affair. But Ruth had a secret—she was half Jewish—and Goebbels found out. Rather than having Ruth killed, Goebbels instead sent the entire Kuehn family to Hawaii, to work as spies half a world away. There, Ruth and her parents established an intricate spy operation from their home, just a few miles down the road from Pearl Harbor, shielding Eberhard from the truth. They passed secrets to the Japanese, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. After Eberhard’s father was arrested and tried for his involvement in planning the assault, Eberhard learned the harsh truth about his family and faced a decision that would change the path of the Kuehn family forever.Jumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family’s secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, Family of Spies is fast-paced history at its finest and will rewrite the narrative of December 7, 1941.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We brought prices way down," Trump claims. Except it's not true. Linda Qiu shows how the president's false claims on affordability don't add up. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Latest Claims on Affordability
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For Putin, the so-called peace plan is a win-win: A deal would enshrine Ukraine's perpetual subordination and vulnerability. No deal might lead Trump to pull remaining US support for Ukraine and antagonize Europe. @paulsonne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On
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November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A convicted fraudster paid two right-wing lobbyists $960,000 for "seeking a federal pardon" for him. Months later, Trump pardoned him. @postkranish.bsky.social Aaron Schafer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Judge dismissed separate criminal charges against Comey and James, saying their prosecutor’s appointment was invalid — a major defeat for the president’s effort to make the criminal justice system do as he pleases. @alanfeuer.bsky.social Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey and James, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed
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November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM