David E. Sanger

@sangernyt.bsky.social

White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times. CNN contributor. Adjunct lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Just a few months ago, Trump saw his power as virtually unlimited, declaring that he was held back only by "my own morality." Now as the Iran war quagmire drags on, he has discovered there are other limits on his power, writes @sangernyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World’s Biggest Hammer

A president who thought there were no limits to his power has discovered several, leaving him more frustrated and erratic.

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The White House directed Patel to oversee a leak investigation into reporting by @nytimes.com about security issues with the new Air Force One, leading to a flurry of subpoenas to reporters Friday night, according to people witj knowledge of the situation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...

White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting

The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.

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The core quote from the opinion in New York Times v. DoD: “A primary purpose of the First Amendment is to enable the press to publish what it will and the public to read what it chooses, free of any official proscription,” wrote Judge Paul L. Friedman of the Federal District Court in Washington.