Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria

“The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome.

Trump’s Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say

The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts goes beyond what has happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, where leaders spent years remaking the judiciary.