How Trump’s Team Navigated the Epstein Files Without Him

President Trump’s advisers gathered in secret in the Situation Room without him as they struggled to handle the Epstein files scandal, our reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan learned while researching their book, “Regime Change.” Here’s the inside story.

Comey Indictment Shows Justice Dept. Got the Message From Bondi’s Firing

In naming only an interim successor as acting attorney general, President Trump has established even greater incentives to execute his most extreme demands, current and former officials say.

In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force

Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.

At Trump’s Justice Dept., Bondi Embraces Role of TV Messenger

Attorney General Pam Bondi has adopted a conspicuously performative approach, willing to execute White House directives with little fuss.

Pam Bondi Rolls Back Leak Inquiry Constraint Stemming From Fox News Case

The Justice Department’s new rules for leak inquiries make it easier for investigators to bypass a legal restriction on search warrants to seize news gathering records.

Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’

Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump’s agenda.