Andrew Jackson was the first president to defy the US supreme court. The question is whether Donald Trump will take a leaf out of his book.

So numerous were the removals in the city of Washington that the business of the place seems paralyzed.” No, that isn’t an account of President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office. It is a ...

Trampling rights, imposing tariffs, gobbling up others’ territories. Trump is imitating his role models to a T.

Do past mistakes justify new ones? Some supporters of President Donald Trump's Administration are pointing to historical illegalities to justify the current ones. They should consider the "two ...

I’m Aaron Retica, an editor-at-large in the Opinion section of “The New York Times.” One of the surprising things about the ...

The U.S. has a lot of leverage over trade—but using it is not as simple as it seems.

In an otherwise excellent column (“Trump’s Echo of 1829,” op-ed, Feb. 27) Karl Rove contends that President Andrew Jackson “presided over the ‘Tariff of Abominations.’” This requires ...

The Pendleton Act of 1883 removed political influence from many federal jobs. Its influence shaped the civil service ...

From the apartment in Trump Tower to his casinos and even his private jet, Donald Trump has surrounded himself with gold throughout his life. Now, the real-estate billionaire has done the same to the ...

Brianna Stern alleges her 10-month relationship with the online influencer culminated in a violent sexual encounter at the ...