The departure of John F. Kelly leaves the president with an ever-shrinking team of close advisers as he begins to navigate the new power structure on Capitol Hill.
The special counsel will outline cooperation by President Trump’s former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, as well as detail accusations that his former campaign chairman lied to investigators.
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive at the Chinese company Huawei, could imperil trade talks. But it is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to contain China and Iran.
As the nation remembers the former president, we assess some popular anecdotes about him, including his reaction to a grocery store scanner and whether Ross Perot cost him a second term.
The 41st president was remembered as much for his personal decency as his political accomplishments, a “kinder and gentler” leader at a tumultuous moment.
President Trump grew up during the Cold War but has gleefully tried to dismantle the European and global institutions that Mr. Bush and his Cold War-vintage colleagues built.