Michael S. Schmidt
@nytmike
reporter @nytimes book: “Donald Trump v the United States” https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-United-States-President/dp/1984854682/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encod
NEW: Trump officials acknowledge that the letter the administration sent to Harvard -- that set off a tectonic battle between one of the most prestigious universities in the country and a U.S. president -- was sent by mistake. The letter has had massive consequences. The White…
In one notable moment in the hearing, two top Republicans on the panel, Ms. Blackburn and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, criticized how the 2034 Winter Olympics was rewarded last summer to Salt Lake City. nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/…
Amid all the noise, it can be hard to figure out the facts of the Epstein-Trump relationship. Here is a year-by-year timeline thread summarizing their connections (with sourcing and documentation) from 1990 until present. 🧵 1/17
Epstein victim: • says she spoke to FBI about people in Epstein's orbit, including Trump • says Trump came to Epstein’s office and began hovering over her • says Epstein told Trump: “She’s not here for you” White House denies her account. Full story: nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…
NEW and BREAKING: UVA's president has resigned in face of demands by Trump admin/DOJ that he step down. Hundreds of millions of dollars in fed funding for school were on the line. Major Trump victory in Trump v. Higher Ed w/@MichaelCBender nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/…
NEW: Harvard and Trump are back at the table. That's a major development in the Harvard story. Here's everything we know about what's going on behind closed doors and the current state of the negotiations. w/@alanblinder nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/…
There is so much happening right now that NYT is running 5 live blogs.
NEW: More fallout for the firms that decided to cut deals with Trump -- as many as seven partners are planning to leave Willkie Farr to join Cooley, one of the few firms that was willing to step up and fight Trump in court. w/@maggieNYT nytimes.com/2025/06/13/bus…
NEW: What could Harvard look like if Trump keeps up his campaign against the school? For Harvard, based on our reporting, it's fairly bleak -- it could lose prestige and influence, and become harder to afford. w/@smervosh nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/…
NEW: In the latest sign of how the Trump admin is using an whole of government approach to attack Harvard, Sec of State Marco Rubio is pushing Treasury to investigate whether Harvard violated federal sanctions by collaborating on a health insurance conference in China that may…
NEW: In the latest escalation against Harvard, DOJ claims to have a "cooperating witness" inside the law school providing investigators with info on the destruction of evidence .. That same witness is now working under Stephen Miller at the White House. w/@MichaelCBender…
SCOOP: Weeks before Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, his mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1M/head "candlelight dinner" with Trump for MAGA Inc. Walczak's pardon application emphasized Fago's financial support for Trump & her connection to a plot to publicize Ashley Biden's diary.