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This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks

The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.

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Jamelle Bouie

Public Shame Is the Most Effective Tool for Battling Big Tech

Our federal government won’t regulate fast enough (or at all), but that doesn’t mean regular Americans are helpless.

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Jessica Grose

$25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.

The president’s hostility to E.V.s is hurting U.S. automakers.

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Bill Saporito

These 11 Republican Trump Voters Love the Venezuela Action, but Greenland …

The group discusses the economy, immigration, President Trump’s recent actions in Venezuela and more.

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Adrian J. Rivera

Something Bad Is Brewing on Venezuela’s Border

An armed guerrilla group stands emboldened to challenge the authority of the Colombian state — and U.S. ambitions in Venezuela.

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Elizabeth Dickinson

This Is What Convinced Me OpenAI Will Run Out of Money

Artificial intelligence’s promise is real. But some of the most prominent A.I. companies might not make it.

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Sebastian Mallaby

Trump Has Declared Premature Victory in Venezuela

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By John R. Bolton Mr. Bolton was the longest-serving national security adviser in the first Trump...

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John R. Bolton

Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left?

Advertisement Supported by The Ezra Klein Show By Ezra Klein Produced by Marie Cascione This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You...

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Marie Cascione

Trump Unmasked

If power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, what do we have here?

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Ayatollahs’ Antisemitism Has Undone Iran

A regime that would rather pursue a perpetual jihad against the Zionist enemy than feed its own people will eventually fall.

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Bret Stephens

Trump Can’t Bomb Iran Into Being a Democracy

There’s plenty America can do short of war to support the country’s protesters and help oust the ayatollah.

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Suzanne Maloney

The Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This

Even experts can’t tell what’s made by A.I. So what happens to trust now?

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Vishakha Darbha

The Hochul-Mamdani Experiment Is an Opportunity for Democrats

The governor and the mayor need each other, and that offers a chance for synthesis at a time when the center and left are often at odds.

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Mara Gay

Trump’s Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin

A criminal investigation of a sitting Fed chairman, with the obvious intent of stripping him of his independence, has never happened before.

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Thomas L. Friedman

Trump’s Attack on the Fed Is Already Backfiring

And the market is gently shrugging.

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Jason Furman

The Resistance Libs Were Right

Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has always been textbook fascism.

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Michelle Goldberg

The Rare Republican Who Brawls With Trump — and Is Ready for More

Thomas Massie says his primary against a Trump-supported challenger will be a referendum on whether you can “have a thought that diverges from the...

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Michelle Cottle

This Rural Congresswoman Thinks Democrats Have Lost Their Minds. She Has a Point.

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James Pogue

This Is How the Cartels Win

Turning Latin America into a theater of war will not weaken transnational crime; it will entrench it.

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Oto Montagner

Of Course Grok Started Undressing People. Here’s What to Do About It.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Riana Pfefferkorn Ms. Pfefferkorn is a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. On...

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Riana Pfefferkorn

This Is No Way to Run a University

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Greg Lukianoff Mr. Lukianoff is the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights...

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Greg Lukianoff

Trump’s Victory Wobble

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Frank Bruni

I’m in Denmark’s Parliament. Mr. President, We’re Already on Your Side.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Ida Auken Ms. Auken is a member of the Danish Parliament and wrote from Copenhagen. On Monday, the White...

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Ida Auken

Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.

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Marie Cascione

Trump and Vance Are Fanning the Flames. Again.

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist President Trump is putting on a clinic about how to break the United...

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David French

And the Golden Globe for Best Podcast Goes To … Wait, Who?

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Abbie Ruzicka Ms. Ruzicka, a co-founder of Arcana Audio, has worked in the podcast industry for 13 years....

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Abbie Ruzicka

Pope Leo Confronts Trump on His Own Terms

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By David Gibson Mr. Gibson is the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University....

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David Gibson

Alison Bechdel: 8 Things You Need to Start Your Own Commune

Start with

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Alison Bechdel

How the Struggle to Defeat the Nazis Paved the Way for the Trillion-Dollar Battle for Your Attention

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By D. Graham Burnett Alyssa Loh and Peter Schmidt Mr. Burnett, Ms. Loh and Mr. Schmidt are members of the...

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Peter Schmidt

The New Food Pyramid Is a Gift to the Meat Industry

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Matt Prescott Mr. Prescott is the author of “Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World.”...

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Matt Prescott

The ICE Shooting Displays the Need for Equilibrium. But How?

Advertisement Supported by Ross Douthat By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist It may seem hard to believe when you’re inside the social media cascade,...

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Ross Douthat

American Violence Is Pushing Families to Think About Leaving

Advertisement Newsletter By Jessica Grose Opinion Writer The one group in the United States most interested in leaving the country and permanently...

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Jessica Grose

Trump Is ‘Chest-Beating’ Over a Retreat

Advertisement Supported by The Opinions The round table convenes to discuss the start to Trump’s 2026, from Greenland to Minnesota and Venezuela....

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Jillian Weinberger

Iran Is Teetering. The West Isn’t Prepared.

Protests, economic woes, military humiliation and now threats from Trump are challenging the Iranian regime.

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Holly Dagres

America Doesn’t Need ICE

Advertisement Newsletter By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist Eight years ago, I wrote an article for Slate arguing that Immigration and Customs...

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Jamelle Bouie

The Case for Downsizing FEMA

Our future resilience depends on more than how much we spend on disaster response. It depends on when we spend it.

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Saket Soni

Greenland Is Only the Beginning. Trump Has His Sights Set on Europe.

Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world’s most successful military alliance.

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James Kirchick