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What Watching a Furious Hillary Clinton Showed Me

What Watching a Furious Hillary Clinton Showed Me

Her exasperation during her Epstein-related deposition channeled the national mood for some of us.

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Jessica Grose

George W. Trump Goes to War

George W. Trump Goes to War

The desire for a revolutionary presidency gives hubris a lot of space to work.

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Ross Douthat

It’s Not Enough for Some Iranians to Be Happy About the War

It’s Not Enough for Some Iranians to Be Happy About the War

The Iranian people are not overthrowing their government, and the war is spreading across the region.

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Nicholas Kristof

‘Wuthering Heights,’ MAGA Style

‘Wuthering Heights,’ MAGA Style

Kristi and Corey cavorted in the swamp as D.H.S. got bogged down.

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Maureen Dowd

One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.

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Derek Arthur

There Is One Crucial Reason We’re Talking About Boots on the Ground

There Is One Crucial Reason We’re Talking About Boots on the Ground

The U.S. and Israel have no good options to address an unavoidable problem.

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Massimo calabresi

‘It Should Not Be Seen as a Betrayal, but a Disappointment’

An “America First” conservative on seeking clarity in the reasons for the military operation and restraint in foreign policy.

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John Guida

Spain’s Spurning of Trump Has Made Me a Patriot

There are times when it is clear what it means to stand up for what is right.

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Paco Cerdà

Jeffrey Epstein Was Wicked, but as the Files Show, He Was Also Banal

Jeffrey Epstein Was Wicked, but as the Files Show, He Was Also Banal

Just look at his philosophical opinions.

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Matthew Walther

Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down

Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down

The repercussions of his reckless war in Iran are just beginning.

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Lydia Polgreen

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming

America’s strength has always been its private sector. Empowering it can save us from A.I.’s worst impacts on jobs.

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Gina raimondo

Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

The character “Daryl Hannah” in “Love Story” is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life or my conduct — and these kinds of...

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Daryl hannah

Why the Pentagon Wants to Destroy Anthropic

Why the Pentagon Wants to Destroy Anthropic

The former A.I. policy adviser to the Trump White House explains why the conflict between Anthropic and the White House is so dangerous.

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Rollin Hu

America Won’t Save Iran

America Won’t Save Iran

The most likely outcome of the American-Israeli bombing campaign is not the advent of liberal democracy but something worse.

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Reza Aslan

What Kristi Noem Should Do After President Trump Fired Her

It’s hard out there for a MAGA woman.

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Michelle Cottle

Politicians Are Trying to Control the News

The rising global attacks on the free press reveal increasingly desperate regimes attempting to snuff out attempts to find the truth.

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Trump Is Playing Rope-a-Dope With Elite Law Firms

Trump Is Playing Rope-a-Dope With Elite Law Firms

Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation.

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Jeffrey Toobin

Of Course Trump Bombed Iran

Of Course Trump Bombed Iran

The president’s unique attributes have combined with the ordinary pathologies of American foreign policy.

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Stephen Wertheim

He Didn’t Kill Anyone. Alabama Is About to Execute Him Anyway.

He Didn’t Kill Anyone. Alabama Is About to Execute Him Anyway.

In Sonny Burton’s case, justice must include mercy.

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Elizabeth Vartkessian

Your Job May Already Be in Jeopardy

Your Job May Already Be in Jeopardy

Michael Steinberger on how A.I.’s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.

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Michael Steinberger

Does the Iran War Put America First?

Does the Iran War Put America First?

How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.

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Victoria Chamberlin

He’s No Beto, but Can Talarico Win? A Texas Writer Weighs In.

Texas politics is in constant churn.

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John Guida

Data Centers Are a Distraction. The Real Fight Is Elsewhere.

We are trying to decide what role A.I. will have in our lives.

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David Wallace-Wells

Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game With Iran

Hungary. Cuba. Afghanistan. Iraq. Now Iran?

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Peter w. klein

This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call

This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call

What better way to celebrate the nation’s 250th?

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Michael S. Roth

The Fantasy of a Comfy Retirement Has Always Been a Mirage

The Fantasy of a Comfy Retirement Has Always Been a Mirage

On the sorry state of retirement savings in the United States, and a policy that could help.

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Jessica Grose

I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.

I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.

Is Block’s announcement just a convenient and flashy new cover for typical corporate downsizing?

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Aaron Zamost

What the Cornyn vs. Paxton Runoff Will Mean for the Texas G.O.P.

What the Cornyn vs. Paxton Runoff Will Mean for the Texas G.O.P.

The state needs intelligent and responsible political leadership, but will it get it?

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Kevin D. Williamson

We Are Finally Free From Khamenei’s Suffocating Gaze

We Are Finally Free From Khamenei’s Suffocating Gaze

Now that Ayatollah Khamenei is dead, will another face replace his and carry on a version of the same story?

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Azadeh Moaveni

There Is Nothing Inevitable About a Russian Victory in Ukraine

There Is Nothing Inevitable About a Russian Victory in Ukraine

If Russia has all the cards, why has it achieved so little?

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Lawrence Freedman

Trump Struck Iran Because He Sensed Weakness

Has his unerring instinct for vulnerability finally failed him?

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Ross Douthat

Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Fashion Models

“America’s Next Top Model” was bad. The reality of fashion was often worse.

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Robin Givhan

The Reason Gen Z Isn’t Dating

The Reason Gen Z Isn’t Dating

Clavicular is a symptom of a larger disease.

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Christine Emba

JD Vance Has His Reasons

JD Vance Has His Reasons

The vice president’s political transformation from Trump skeptic to MAGA superstar has many roots.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Trump’s Head-on-a-Pike Foreign Policy

Trump’s Head-on-a-Pike Foreign Policy

Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn’t dare to.

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Jack Mccordick

Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

The four law firms that fought Trump’s executive orders have forced him to retreat.

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No Empire. No Kings.

No Empire. No Kings.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision is imperialism

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Peter Beinart

The Coming Iranian Revolution

The Coming Iranian Revolution

Ayatollah Khomeini’s bait-and-switch game in the early years of the Islamic regime turned many of the people against it. They’ve been fighting the...

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Abbas Milani

The Idea That Trump Was Antiwar Was Always Delusional

The Idea That Trump Was Antiwar Was Always Delusional

Trump’s foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it.

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Michelle Goldberg

Nothing to See Here, Folks

Nothing to See Here, Folks

The American public has received too little information to effectively judge the goals and objectives of the largest U.S. military operation in the...

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W.j. Hennigan

Dying at Home Is Surprisingly Hard

Dying at Home Is Surprisingly Hard

Too many hospice care responsibilities are placed on families.

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Sandeep Jauhar

Don’t Let Trump Ruin the World Cup

Don’t Let Trump Ruin the World Cup

The World Cup Is a Chance for the U.S. To Show It Is More Than Trump

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Simon Kuper

Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t.

Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t.

The old U.S.-led order is dead; the new one feels unstable and ominous, as if a storm could descend at any moment.

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Ben Rhodes

How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran

How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran

Ending the Islamic Republic’s regime will be long and arduous, but perhaps a softer version will emerge.

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Thomas L. Friedman

The End of the Illusion for Cuba’s Regime

The End of the Illusion for Cuba’s Regime

Without a political transformation, Cuba’s economic recovery will remain an illusion.

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Mauricio de miranda parrondo

Germany’s Chancellor Has Bigger Problems Than Trump

Germany’s Chancellor Has Bigger Problems Than Trump

Friedrich Merz’s chancellorship is in choppy waters.

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Anna sauerbrey

David Ellison Won the Empire He So Desperately Wanted. Nobody Is Cheering.

David Ellison Won the Empire He So Desperately Wanted. Nobody Is Cheering.

Anxiety about Netflix gives way to anxiety about layoffs.

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Sharon Waxman

Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor

Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor

American hearts should be moved by moments like this, when free nations band together to administer justice and supply hope.

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Bret Stephens

Music, at Least, Doesn’t Lie

Music, at Least, Doesn’t Lie

In an age in which facts are losing their meaning, the performing arts can ground us in what is true.

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Jonathan Biss

A Tyrant Falls. Dangerous Uncertainty Begins.

A Tyrant Falls. Dangerous Uncertainty Begins.

No one should mourn Ayatollah Khamenei, but Trump is creating the opportunity for chaos and violence with his campaign against Iran.

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