Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against former aide John Bolton on Wednesday as he increasingly signals that he will back away from Washington’s center-right foreign policy establishment. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Economist is following Donald Trump’s progress during his first 100 days in office. Keep up to date with our Trump tracker. And sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox.

Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and that of his former national security adviser John Bolton.

Trump's former national security adviser predicted on Sunday that the president-elect's second term will be "just as chaotic" as the first one.

President Trump Monday signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of 50 former U.S. offic

The 51 former intelligence community officials claimed that a report about Hunter Biden's laptop had "the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Plus: Hegseth gets a vote; Patel gets a hearing{beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Evan Vucci, Associated PressTrump 2.0: First days defined by border moves, feuds PRESIDENT TRUMP

President Donald Trump revoked former National Security Advisor John Bolton's Secret Service protection after his inauguration as the 47th president on Monday, Bolton told Fox News Digital. "I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service,

Mr. Trump’s decision to intervene in even the most violent cases sends an unmistakable message about his plans for power these next four years: He intends — even more so than in his first term — to test the outer limits of what he can get away with.