The claim that Bush said he was celebrating not having started the "dumbest war in U.S. history" emerged as the ...

Cornyn was elected attorney general in 1998, winning when a new national conservative figure was rising out of Texas, the ...

The Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces to suppress domestic unrest. On Jan. 15, President ...

He once defied the G.O.P. by blasting military interventions. But what looked like anti-interventionism is really a ...

A veteran prosecutor, Ben’Ary handled high-profile cases over two decades at the Justice Department, including the murder of ...

What does the Insurrection Act allow presidents to do? Trump wants to use it to send troops in response to protests after ICE ...

From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, history shows leaders often pay a high political price when wars they start or expand become unpopular.

Veteran broadcast journalist Jon Meyersohn reflects on his firsthand experience being caught in the crosshairs of Bush’s ...

Since returning to office, Trump has steadily expanded his use of military force abroad. Many of his actions mirror those of ...

To assuage cost-weary voters and combat inflation, the president has resorted to a mix of threats and punishments, targeting ...

Saying something important is simply not the same as doing something important. Mr. Gingrich, the Speaker of the House ...

Four New York Times reporters pressed Mr. Trump about a range of topics in a nearly two-hour interview. Here is a transcript ...