“I am not a crook,” President Nixon said in 1973. “I’m not a dictator,” President Trump insisted on Monday. And with that, ...

For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump has felt the need to assure Americans that, no, he is not a dictator. “I’m not a dictator. I just know how to stop crime,” he said at an hourslong ...

President Donald Trump sounded like a tyrannical toddler Tuesday as he declared that he has “the right to do anything” he wants. Trump is feuding with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker over Trump’s plot ...

The Trump administration is being sharply criticized after President Donald Trump fired the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who had been confirmed by the Senate just one ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday elaborated on why he suggested the country would prefer a “dictator” as he slammed two heavily Democratic cities. Trump denied his critics’ claims that he is a tyrant ...

President Trump on Tuesday responded to criticism of his D.C. crime crackdown after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called him a "wannabe dictator" over threats to target Chicago and other Democratic-run ...

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. When Barack Obama said in 2013 he was no dictator, it felt oddly ...

President Donald Trump amped up his “dictator” talk in a new cabinet meeting rant, suggesting that Americans would accept a “dictator” in exchange for increased policing. Trump’s policing takeover ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump has felt the need to assure ...