Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
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Peter Baker
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· Jan 23
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
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In New Hampshire, the Democratic family feud over the deal to end the government shutdown is an actual one. Jeanne Shaheen voted for the agreement. Her daughter, Stefany Shaheen, who is running for the House, came out against it. @reidepstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
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November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In New Hampshire, the Democratic family feud over the deal to end the government shutdown is an actual one. Jeanne Shaheen voted for the agreement. Her daughter, Stefany Shaheen, who is running for the House, came out against it. @reidepstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Supreme Court rejects a bid to overturn its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Supreme Court rejects a bid to overturn its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
When it comes to affordability, "Trump risks being in a similar position as his predecessor, defending his record by pointing to statistics that don’t capture a troubling reality that many Americans are feeling," writes @ericalgj.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Tries to Seize ‘Affordability’ Message
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When it comes to affordability, "Trump risks being in a similar position as his predecessor, defending his record by pointing to statistics that don’t capture a troubling reality that many Americans are feeling," writes @ericalgj.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump pardons Giuliani and other allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Since he can only grant clemency for federal crimes, the pardons will not protect them from state charges. @aliwatkins73.bsky.social @ashleyahn88.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump pardons Giuliani and other allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Since he can only grant clemency for federal crimes, the pardons will not protect them from state charges. @aliwatkins73.bsky.social @ashleyahn88.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Republicans had predicted that Democrats would cave on the government shutdown as soon as the election was over because they were only keeping the standoff going to motivate their base.
A group of Senate Democrats give in and agree to a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without a guarantee that ACA subsidies would be extended. Catie Edmondson @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Republicans had predicted that Democrats would cave on the government shutdown as soon as the election was over because they were only keeping the standoff going to motivate their base.
A group of Senate Democrats give in and agree to a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without a guarantee that ACA subsidies would be extended. Catie Edmondson @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
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November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A group of Senate Democrats give in and agree to a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without a guarantee that ACA subsidies would be extended. Catie Edmondson @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
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November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
By introducing Trump's own public comments on tariffs, his lawyers may have undermined their own case before the Supreme Court, legal experts tell @adamliptak.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Did Trump’s Supreme Court Tariffs Brief Include a Strategic Blunder?
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November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
By introducing Trump's own public comments on tariffs, his lawyers may have undermined their own case before the Supreme Court, legal experts tell @adamliptak.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Beyond the marquee races Democrats elected their first district attorney in Bucks County, Pa., since the 1800s, took control of 28 Connecticut towns from the GOP and won their biggest majority in the New Jersey legislature since the Watergate era.
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Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump
Beyond the big governors and New York mayor contests, Democrats on Tuesday flipped city councils, school boards and county commissions.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Beyond the marquee races Democrats elected their first district attorney in Bucks County, Pa., since the 1800s, took control of 28 Connecticut towns from the GOP and won their biggest majority in the New Jersey legislature since the Watergate era.
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A new Trump political appointee watched a Cuban dance company perform and said. "Wow, they’re so talented they could be on a cruise ship." One of the dance professionals fired by the Trumpers said, "Even to this day, I cannot decide if he was mocking us or complimenting us."
Internal sales figures show that Kennedy Center ticket sales under Trump are down by about 50% from the same period last year during one typical week in October. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
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November 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A new Trump political appointee watched a Cuban dance company perform and said. "Wow, they’re so talented they could be on a cruise ship." One of the dance professionals fired by the Trumpers said, "Even to this day, I cannot decide if he was mocking us or complimenting us."
Internal sales figures show that Kennedy Center ticket sales under Trump are down by about 50% from the same period last year during one typical week in October. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
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November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Internal sales figures show that Kennedy Center ticket sales under Trump are down by about 50% from the same period last year during one typical week in October. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
RIP Ed Cody, a quintessential old-school foreign correspondent who could parachute into anyplace in the world, find the story and file within hours. He was never happier than when he was in the field running toward the sound of the guns. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Edward Cody, globe-trotting correspondent at The Post, dies at 82
He reported on conflicts and disaster zones from Mexico to Lebanon. “Rarely in a career do you enjoy a task that is so solitary and intense,” he wrote.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
RIP Ed Cody, a quintessential old-school foreign correspondent who could parachute into anyplace in the world, find the story and file within hours. He was never happier than when he was in the field running toward the sound of the guns. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
When Dick Cheney was in power, he was seen as the hardest of the hardline conservatives. In the Trump era, hardline conservatism isn't what it used to be. @draperrobert.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
In the Trump Era, Cheney’s Brand of Conservatism Became Obsolete
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November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
When Dick Cheney was in power, he was seen as the hardest of the hardline conservatives. In the Trump era, hardline conservatism isn't what it used to be. @draperrobert.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
After more than a year of fighting, Pokrovsk, a railroad hub in the Donetsk region, has been turned largely into rubble, its prewar population of 60,000 now reduced to fewer than 1,300 residents. Now the Russians appear on the verge of capturing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Russia Close to Its Biggest Capture of a Ukrainian City Since 2023
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November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
After more than a year of fighting, Pokrovsk, a railroad hub in the Donetsk region, has been turned largely into rubble, its prewar population of 60,000 now reduced to fewer than 1,300 residents. Now the Russians appear on the verge of capturing it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
"Is this the week that America finally started clapping back at Donald Trump?" @sbg1.bsky.social asks. In a moment of political exits and an "electoral blowout," the whiff of generational change now hangs over American politics. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
America Begins Clapping Back at Donald Trump
In a week of political exits, a reminder that Trump’s time is coming soon, too.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Is this the week that America finally started clapping back at Donald Trump?" @sbg1.bsky.social asks. In a moment of political exits and an "electoral blowout," the whiff of generational change now hangs over American politics. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Jury acquits man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent to protest Trump's takeover in DC. The jury concluded that launching a 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government called “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury. @zjmontague.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jury acquits man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent to protest Trump's takeover in DC. The jury concluded that launching a 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government called “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury. @zjmontague.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
She held five passports and, to keep her various identities straight, would
memorize birth dates and other personal details of people she knew. How Abigail Spanberger went from undercover CIA officer to the first woman governor of Virginia @ktumulty.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
memorize birth dates and other personal details of people she knew. How Abigail Spanberger went from undercover CIA officer to the first woman governor of Virginia @ktumulty.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Spanberger’s unlikely journey from the CIA to Va.’s first female governor
The former House member ran a centrist campaign focused on affordability, health care and education, providing a potential road map for other Democrats.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
She held five passports and, to keep her various identities straight, would
memorize birth dates and other personal details of people she knew. How Abigail Spanberger went from undercover CIA officer to the first woman governor of Virginia @ktumulty.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
memorize birth dates and other personal details of people she knew. How Abigail Spanberger went from undercover CIA officer to the first woman governor of Virginia @ktumulty.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
In public, Trump has portrayed Mamdani as a dangerous radical. But in private, he has also described the mayor-elect as a talented politician, calling him slick and a good talker. @tylerpager.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Trump vs. Mamdani: The Showdown to Come
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November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In public, Trump has portrayed Mamdani as a dangerous radical. But in private, he has also described the mayor-elect as a talented politician, calling him slick and a good talker. @tylerpager.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Nancy Pelosi, the first (and second) woman to serve as speaker of the House and arguably the most powerful woman in American history, announces she will not seek another term, ending a nearly four-decade run in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Nancy Pelosi, the first (and second) woman to serve as speaker of the House and arguably the most powerful woman in American history, announces she will not seek another term, ending a nearly four-decade run in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
A majority of Supreme Court justices ask skeptical questions about Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on imports from nearly every US trading partner, casting doubt on a centerpiece of the administration’s second-term agenda. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Justices Cast a Skeptical Eye on Trump’s Tariffs
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November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A majority of Supreme Court justices ask skeptical questions about Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on imports from nearly every US trading partner, casting doubt on a centerpiece of the administration’s second-term agenda. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
They were friends for decades. Their relationship broke over the Iraq war. Trump brought them back together. A look at Dick Cheney's unlikely journey from champion of war to voice of resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
For Dick Cheney, a Journey From Champion of War to Voice of Resistance
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They were friends for decades. Their relationship broke over the Iraq war. Trump brought them back together. A look at Dick Cheney's unlikely journey from champion of war to voice of resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
They were friends for decades. Their relationship broke over the Iraq war. Trump brought them back together. A look at Dick Cheney's unlikely journey from champion of war to voice of resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
For Dick Cheney, a Journey From Champion of War to Voice of Resistance
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They were friends for decades. Their relationship broke over the Iraq war. Trump brought them back together. A look at Dick Cheney's unlikely journey from champion of war to voice of resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
California voters agree to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional districts to wipe out as many as five Republican seats, delivering a major victory for Democrats hoping to wrest control of the House in 2026. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Laurel Rosenhall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
California Approves New House Maps in a Major Win for Democrats and Newsom
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November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
California voters agree to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional districts to wipe out as many as five Republican seats, delivering a major victory for Democrats hoping to wrest control of the House in 2026. @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social Laurel Rosenhall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...