Donald Trump

Latest Stories

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Aiken, S.C. Haley, a former two-term governor of South Carolina, is stumping in her home state, where former President Donald Trump has remained popular ahead of the GOP primary on Feb. 24. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Haley’s image eroding with GOP primary voters despite strong general election polling against Biden

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts after speaking at a rally at Des Moines Area Community College in Newton, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Why Trump’s appeal endures

By Peter Morici

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall campaign event where he announced he is dropping out of the race, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) **FILE**

Chris Christie predicts Trump’s second term would lack talent

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. When Trump left the White House three years ago, he was a pariah — a one-term president whose refusal to accept his reelection defeat culminated in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. But he is now on the cusp of a stunning turnaround, poised to recapture his party's nomination in record speed despite four criminal cases totaling 91 felony charges, as well as a civil fraud trial that threatens to strip him of control of much of his business empire. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Trump to appeal immunity ruling to ‘safeguard the presidency,’ campaign says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Supreme Court restoring balance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump’s Supreme Court challenge

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions on the border security talks as he meets reporters following a Democratic caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Schumer dares GOP to vote against border bill: ‘No time for grandstanding’

By Stephen Dinan and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in North Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump plots changes for Ronna McDaniel’s Republican National Committee

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Then-Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

RNC leader to resign under pressure from conservatives; Trump sought change amid poor fundraising

By Kerry Picket and Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Trump Tower is shown in this photo, in New York, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump says ailing commercial property industry shows his real estate deals were sound

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Send your letters to the editor: yourletters@washingtontimes.com

Letter to the editor: A difficult choice

Concertina wire is stretched through Shelby Park where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and fellow Governors held a news conference along the Rio Grande to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Abbott returned to the Eagle Pass border to highlight his escalating attempts to curb illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Trump says border deal is a ‘death wish’ for GOP

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Then-President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

Biden takes jab at Trump’s calls for debate, but refuses to commit

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A person takes a picture of a screen before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump to extend lead in Nevada caucuses, but Haley still hopes for some bragging rights

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Dusk begins to fall at a section of border fence in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez) ** FILE **

Senate immigration deal backtracks on border wall deadlines

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Phill Cady holds a sign during a "Take Our Border Back" rally, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Quemado, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nikki Haley: Trump ‘playing politics’ by opposing bipartisan border deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks in front of President Donald Trump during a campaign rally, Feb. 28, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. Scott is expected to endorse former President Trump ahead of the New Hampshire GOP primary taking place on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. A person familiar with Scott's plans confirmed Friday, Jan. 19, to The Associated Press that Scott would travel from Florida to New Hampshire with Trump, the GOP front runner. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Donald Trump name-checks potential vice president picks

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Trump says change is probably coming to Republican National Committee

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This image from police body-worn camera video, and contained in the Justice Department's sentencing memorandum, shows Marc Bru, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Bru, who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members, has been sentenced to six years in prison. (Department of Justice via AP)

Claims that Jan. 6 rioters are ‘political prisoners’ endure. Judges want to set the record straight

By Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Supporters cheer after learning that Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary,at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

How Donald Trump went from a diminished ex-president to the GOP’s dominant front-runner

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press