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‘You’ve Lied to Me Enough.’ In Texas, MAGA Voters Are Breaking Ranks.

‘You’ve Lied to Me Enough.’ In Texas, MAGA Voters Are Breaking Ranks.

The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.

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Michelle Goldberg

The Diminishing Returns of Choke-Point Diplomacy

The Diminishing Returns of Choke-Point Diplomacy

Nations are rediscovering choke points as a foreign policy strategy. They should use them sparingly.

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Michael Froman

This Is How to End Israel’s Isolation

This Is How to End Israel’s Isolation

Many Israelis are hopeful that a new government would ease the growing distance between their country and the rest of the world.

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Shira Efron

What to Make of Trump’s Uptick in Profanity

The president’s speech is getting filthier.

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John McWhorter

Trump Wants to Decide Who Counts. And Who Doesn’t.

Trump Wants to Decide Who Counts. And Who Doesn’t.

Rewriting the rules for counting the population is yet another way to marginalize minorities.

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Justin Gest

Who Should Be Los Angeles’s Next Mayor?

Who Should Be Los Angeles’s Next Mayor?

Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.

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New York Times Opinion

The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire

The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire

Third-country deportations are only the half of it.

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David French

The Cornell Case Exposes What We Can’t Say

The Cornell Case Exposes What We Can’t Say

We are unable to recognize and critique bad behavior outside of a narrow definition of criminal sex.

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Christine Emba

What Keeps Me Up at Night About the Russia Plague Scare

What Keeps Me Up at Night About the Russia Plague Scare

America is not prepared for a major disease outbreak.

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Gigi Kwik Gronvall

He’s the Most Powerful Engineer on Earth. Here’s Why He Thinks A.I. Is Going Great.

Our fate may be very well be in the hands of Jensen Huang.

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Stephen Witt

‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

David Robinson, who wrote OpenAI’s safety protocols, resigned last week over safety concerns.

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Rollin Hu

America’s Naval Power Is Waning. That Could Change.

America’s Naval Power Is Waning. That Could Change.

America has let go of its maritime edge at its own peril.

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Rana Foroohar

Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It.

Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It.

In Texas and Iowa, Democrats are successfully tying universal school vouchers to corruption.

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Jessica Grose

Pete Hegseth’s ‘Vast Overcorrection’

Pete Hegseth’s ‘Vast Overcorrection’

A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.

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Jillian Weinberger

Putin’s Desperate, Dangerous Game in Europe

Putin’s Desperate, Dangerous Game in Europe

Vladimir Putin wants Europe to turn off its support to Ukraine, and he’s becoming more blatant in his warnings.

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Lawrence Freedman

A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back.

A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back.

In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

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Anthony Vinci

Two Democracy Heroes on America

Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.

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Thomas L. Friedman

The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump

The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump

Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.

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Jeffrey Toobin

The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Turn

The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Turn

Republican and Democratic voters are seeing masculinity and femininity very differently.

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared

The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared

However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.

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Jeff Goodell

How A.I. Can Boost Democracy

How A.I. Can Boost Democracy

A.I. doesn’t have to be a disruptive force, least of all when it comes to government services.

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Beth Simone Noveck

There’s Another Cockpit Israelis Need to Rush

There’s Another Cockpit Israelis Need to Rush

What it will take for Israel to overcome the ghosts of Oct. 7.

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Bret Stephens

I Started a Business Last Year. Now I’m Getting Crushed.

I Started a Business Last Year. Now I’m Getting Crushed.

Meta is crushing small online businesses by charging more for less effective ads, a sign of its extraordinary grip on the market.

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Corissa Steiner

Ada Lovelace Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I.

Ada Lovelace Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I.

What Ada Lovelace can teach us as we develop artificial intelligence.

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Walter Isaacson

Brazil Is a Sign of Things to Come

Brazil is fertile ground for authoritarian politics, no matter who wins this election.

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Elizabeth McKenna

With Trump Flailing, Some Conservatives Are Having Second Thoughts About Trumpism

With Trump Flailing, Some Conservatives Are Having Second Thoughts About Trumpism

What is the future of the conservative movement?

05.10.2026 7

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John Guida

Jeff Tweedy: Woody Guthrie Was Right About Us

Jeff Tweedy: Woody Guthrie Was Right About Us

The lead vocalist in Wilco reflects on what Guthrie wrote in The Times in 1943.

05.10.2026 8

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Jeff Tweedy

We Implemented Canada’s Assisted Dying Law. We’re Concerned.

We Implemented Canada’s Assisted Dying Law. We’re Concerned.

Assisted dying accounts for more than 5 percent of deaths in Canada.

05.10.2026 10

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Madeline Li

She Could Flip the Senate. All She Wants to Talk About Are Fish and Diesel.

She Could Flip the Senate. All She Wants to Talk About Are Fish and Diesel.

Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats.

05.10.2026 8

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Stephen Stromberg

I Was Labeled Bipolar, Depressed, O.C.D. Here’s Why.

I Was Labeled Bipolar, Depressed, O.C.D. Here’s Why.

More than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.

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Maia Szalavitz

AIPAC Has Failed

AIPAC Has Failed

There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics.

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Eric Alterman

Why My Gen Z Students Are Fascinated by the King James Bible

Why My Gen Z Students Are Fascinated by the King James Bible

The King James Version is a master class in cooperative intellectual struggle.

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Pasquale S. Toscano

I Know Christa Pike’s Medical History. What Tennessee Did Is Unforgivable.

Lethal injection failures are not glitches; they are features of the process.

04.10.2026 8

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Joel Zivot

This Is a Magical Portal Home. Just Don’t Turn Around.

You learn to live with the feeling that you’ll never go home. Then a portal opens.

04.10.2026 9

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Elena Vasilyeva

Galliano Was a Fiasco. Bob Mackie Would Sparkle.

“Bob did costumes, and fashion people looked down on him for some reason.”

04.10.2026 7

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David Colman

Israelis Are Exhausted. There Is a Way Out.

Israelis Are Exhausted. There Is a Way Out.

In a nation on perpetual alert, many hope that the elections will bring some relief.

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Yonatan Touval

The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas

The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas

It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?

04.10.2026 30

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David French

The ‘Stalin Boys’ Go to the History Fair

Middle school introduces us to complicated history. These kids wrote a play about Joseph Stalin.

03.10.2026 8

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Bianca Giaever

Cornell and the Age of Impunity

Cornell and the Age of Impunity

The columnist David French argues that “we have privileged getting wasted over taking care of people.”

03.10.2026 20

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Vishakha Darbha

Trump Shows His Contempt for Us. Again.

Trump Shows His Contempt for Us. Again.

This is ‘what authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders.’

03.10.2026 9

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Jamelle Bouie

Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire

Mamdani’s Surprisingly Persuasive Solution to a World on Fire

The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.

03.10.2026 10

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Lydia Polgreen

We Surveyed 50,674 Americans. This Is What Brings Them Together.

We Surveyed 50,674 Americans. This Is What Brings Them Together.

Americans are divided in their politics but not as sports fans.

03.10.2026 20

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Ben Valenta

Why Iran Could Choose to Escalate the War

Why Iran Could Choose to Escalate the War

Threats to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are growing in Tehran.

03.10.2026 10

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Nicholas Kristof

I Love That Skinny Jeans Are Back

I Love That Skinny Jeans Are Back

You live long enough and the music and the clothes of your youth get repackaged and sold back to you. But skinny jeans and white belts? Really?

03.10.2026 10

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Lizzy Goodman

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now?

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now?

The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it.

03.10.2026 20

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Vishakha Darbha

This Mistake Doomed Biden. Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap.

This Mistake Doomed Biden. Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap.

When leaders ignore people’s lived experience, their political messaging collapses.

02.10.2026 10

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Karine Jean-Pierre

Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.

Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.

All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.

02.10.2026 10

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Steven Rattner

Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows.

Trump Is Getting Desperate. It Shows.

The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.

02.10.2026 20

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Liz Oyer

Please Spare Me Your Talk of Bravery

Please Spare Me Your Talk of Bravery

In the Ukraine war, bravery has turned into a cliché masking profound social and economic injustices.

02.10.2026 10

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Alyona Synenko

China’s Stressed People Are Starting to Turn on One Another

China’s Stressed People Are Starting to Turn on One Another

Unable to question the government, the Chinese are taking their economic frustrations out on their fellow citizens.

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Helen Gao