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When President Donald Trump arrived Thursday at the conference center where the world’s financial and political elite have been meeting, onlookers crowded a balcony and craned their heads to see the leader who has challenged the very international order that Davos represents. At first, it was quiet. Then someone called out a question.

"Trump and Davos: Not Exactly Best Friends, but Not Enemies Either" is from the January 25, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Peter S. Goodman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

In the annals of cutthroat Washington politics, it would be hard to find a Cabinet secretary left abandoned and humiliated in the way President Donald Trump has left Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

"In Trump’s World, ‘Very Weak’ Sessions Twists in Wind" is from the July 25, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker, Jeremy W. Peters and Rebecca R. Ruiz and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Thick with tension, the conversation this week between Stephen K. Bannon, the chief White House strategist, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, had deteriorated to the point of breakdown.

Lost in the showdown between President Donald Trump and James B. Comey that played out last week was a chilling threat to the United States. Comey, the former director of the FBI, testified that the Russians not only had intervened in last year’s election but would try to do it again.

"Overshadowed by Trump-Comey Standoff, a Warning About Russia" is from the June 11, 2017 Domestic section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and David E. Sanger and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The furor over spousal abuse allegations that forced the resignation of one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers last week has exposed fissures within the White House that had been papered over since John Kelly took over last summer as chief of staff with a mandate to end the dysfunction.

"White House Divided Over Aide’s Departure Amid Claims of Abuse" is from the February 11, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem as he sought to escalate a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base.

"Trump Threatens NFL and Attacks ESPN host" is from the October 10, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

President Donald Trump ordered a widening of U.S. sanctions on North Korea on Thursday to further choke off its trade with the outside world, in what some experts described as perhaps the most sweeping set of punitive economic measures enacted by the United States in many years.

"Trump Moves to Widen U.S. Trade Sanctions Against North Korea" is from the September 21, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Donald Trump’s campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency, Trump has grown sour on Sessions, now his attorney general, blaming him for various troubles that have plagued the White House.

"Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions" is from the June 05, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

A week ago, President Donald Trump was accused of being a tool for the Russians, an unwitting agent of influence, so full of admiration that he defended President Vladimir Putin against critics who called him a killer.

Now, Trump is in a diplomatic clash with Putin’s Russia, his administration accusing Moscow of trying to cover up a Syrian chemical weapons attack on civilians and his secretary of state delivering us-or-them ultimatums.

President Donald Trump began a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, wading into a generations-old Middle East standoff that will pose an early test of whether his business deal-making skills can translate to the high-wire world of international diplomacy.

"Trump Comes to Israel Citing a Palestinian Deal as Crucial" is from the May 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker, Michael D. Shear and Ian Fisher and narrated by Kristi Burns.

President Donald Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this month, the White House announced Thursday, making the two countries his first foreign destinations since taking office as he seeks to intensify the war against the Islamic State group, rally the region against Iran and negotiate Middle East peace.

"Trump to Visit Saudi Arabia and Israel in First Foreign Trip" is from the May 04, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Kristi Burns.

It began at 6 p.m. Thursday as a conspiratorial rant on conservative talk radio: President Barack Obama had used the “instrumentalities of the federal government” to wiretap the Republican seeking to succeed him. This “is the big scandal,” Mark Levin, the host, told his listeners.

"Conspiracy Theory’s Journey From Talk Radio to Oval Office" is from the March 05, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

President Donald Trump kicked off his week on Monday by renewing attacks on Hillary Clinton and her team on Twitter, while seizing on Fox News reports to justify his assertions that the Obama administration spied on him during last year’s campaign.

"Trump Renews Twitter Attacks on Clinton and Obama" is from the April 03, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

President Donald Trump reiterated his false claim that at least 3 million immigrants in the country illegally cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, calling on Wednesday for an investigation into voter fraud, even though his own legal team has argued that no such fraud occurred.

"Trump Vows ‘Major Investigation’ of His Claim of Voting Fraud" is from the January 25, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Neither of them mentioned President Donald Trump by name, but two of his predecessors emerged from political seclusion on Thursday to deliver what sounded like pointed rebukes of the current occupant of the Oval Office and the forces of division that propelled him to power.

"Without Saying ‘Trump,’ Bush and Obama Deliver Implicit Rebukes" is from the October 19, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

President Donald Trump seemed to undercut his own secretary of state on Sunday as he belittled the prospect of a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear-edged crisis with North Korea even as the administration was seeking to open lines of communication.

"Trump Says Tillerson Is ‘Wasting His Time’ on North Korea" is from the October 01, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Among the many people agitated this week over John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, was President Donald Trump. And among the people the president called to express dissatisfaction, according to those close to him, was none other than Reince Priebus, the previous chief of staff, who also irritated Trump.

"Unwelcome Attention for John Kelly, the Man Enlisted to Bring Calm" is from the February 08, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

Even in the final days of her life, Barbara Bush retained the sharp tongue that belied her grandmotherly image. When her eldest son, former President George W. Bush, visited about 10 days before her death, the two playfully needled each other in the way they always did.

"In Barbara Bush’s Final Days, Faith, Courage and a Little More Needling" is from the April 18, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

MOSCOW — Russia sought to move beyond last week’s diplomatic confrontation with the West on Monday by pressing President Donald Trump for a White House meeting with President Vladimir Putin that would undercut the perception that the angry reaction to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain has left it isolated from the international community.

"Russia Presses Trump for White House Meeting With Putin" is from the April 02, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Higgins and Peter Baker and narrated by Kristi Burns.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to diminish the significance of a former foreign policy adviser, who admitted to lying to the FBI about how, during last year’s presidential campaign, he sought to meet with Russians offering “dirt” on Hillary Clinton based on purloined emails.

"Trump Belittles ‘Low Level’ Adviser Who Tried to Connect With Russia" is from the October 31, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.