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Is This Economy Trump’s Fault?

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The Cringiest and Craftiest 2026 Midterm Ads

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‘The United States Is Abdicating’

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B | How Democrats Beat the Republican Money Machine

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The Problem With Hegseth’s Pentagon

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Cornell and the Age of Impunity

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America Used to Be Cool. What Happened?

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'The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters'

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The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.

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Trump’s Political Instincts ‘Are Clearly Fading’

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Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About S.S.R.I.s

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His Act Is Getting Old

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Roy Cohn: ‘The Evil Forrest Gump of the 20th Century’

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Best Of: Our Health Care System Isn’t Built for You to Get Old

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Best Of: The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now

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The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’

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How Are the Democrats’ Midterm Dreams Shaping Up?

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A.I. Hype Is Running Into Reality

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Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?

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Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?

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The Working Class Is Fleeing Trump

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The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous

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The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters

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Gen Z-ers Are Ditching Sex. They Might Be On to Something.

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The ‘Devil’s Bargain’ at the Heart of American Politics Now

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Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics?

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‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics.

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The American Economy Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think

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Best of: Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’

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Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Faceplant

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Thomas Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal

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‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: Three Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book

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The Spectacle of Trump at 80

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The A.I. Bubble Is Coming for Your Retirement Account

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Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat

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Why No Kings Isn’t Working

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Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back

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America Has a Masculinity Crisis

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Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?

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MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump

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What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next

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The Great Political Realignment of 2026

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How Strongmen Like Trump Get in Your Head

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High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning

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Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court

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In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis

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Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

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‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’

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From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week

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Older Women Are in Demand By Younger Men

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Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret

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Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off?

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Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles

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What Do You Do When a Family Member Commits a Terrible Crime?

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‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War’

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‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: General Stanley McChrystal on Iran

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Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’

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He’s Openly Antisemitic. Young Male Conservatives in Florida Love Him.

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The Political Cost of Trump’s War

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Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs

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Was Tyra Banks the Villain? Or Were We?

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One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

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Will Trump’s Failures Cost the G.O.P. in Texas?

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Trump's Tariffs Won't Save Workers from A.I.

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Iran, Epstein and the Abuse of Power: Two Stories, One Pattern

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‘Skin Orgasms for Everyone’: Highlights of the Winter Olympics So Far

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Pam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition

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Trump and the Death of Shared Morality in America

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Marijuana Is Everywhere. That’s a Problem.

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How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?

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Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’

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Caregiving, the Life-Altering Job You Didn’t Apply For

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Is the ICE Crackdown Finally Backfiring on Trump?

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Esther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real

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Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk

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ICE Is Splitting America in Two

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Hello, Greenland. Goodbye, Checks and Balances.

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Will 2026 Be the Year Voters Pull the Emergency Brake?

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A Venezuelan Economist on What Trump Gets Wrong About Venezuela

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The Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This

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From ICE to Foreign Quagmires: Escalation Everywhere

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From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face

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Is This MAGA Foreign Policy or Something Else Entirely?

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My Gay Son Changed My Understanding of Evangelical Christianity (Re-Air)

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Is Trump’s Version of America’s History a Lie? (Re-Air)

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America's Next Story: Michelle Goldberg

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Was 2025 the End of ‘Teflon Trump’?

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David Brooks, E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel Take Stock of 2025

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America's Next Story: Bret Stephens

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Republican Women vs. the G.O.P.

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Tom Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.

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M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg on How to Resist

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Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump

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What Is Going on With Trump?

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The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now

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America's Next Story: Senator Cory Booker

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Epstein and the #MeToo of It All

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The Democrat Who Split MAGA Over the Epstein Files

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America's Next Story: Sarah Isgur

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In the Epstein Saga, Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy