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[ad_1] A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes. Without explanation — and in the …

[ad_1] Threats to run for a third term notwithstanding, Mr. Trump is a lame-duck president, which makes him more prone to take rash actions on the international stage. As his …

[ad_1] So I always enjoy conversations that I have no earthly idea how to describe. And today’s fits into that mold. It’s a conversation with my colleague Ross Douthat. He’s …

[ad_1] On March 2, I won an Academy Award for best documentary for a film I co-directed, “No Other Land.” It’s hard to put into words how that moment felt. …

[ad_1] On Thursday, for a change, it was President Vladimir Putin who provoked President Trump’s frustration. “Vladimir, STOP!” Trump trumpeted over his Truth Social megaphone after Russia launched another brutal …

[ad_1] When those people grew up and became the establishment — holding senior posts in law, government, universities, media, nonprofits and boardrooms — they became the kind of ambivalent souls …

[ad_1] I understand why Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become the face of Donald Trump’s monstrous policy of sending migrants to a gulag in El Salvador. In a court filing, the …

[ad_1] April 16, 2025, 2:44 p.m. ET On Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway, two spring car crashes, about a quarter-century apart, have exacted a death toll of five pedestrians. Nearly 24 years …

[ad_1] We may be a polarized nation, but on a verbal level we are witnessing an explosion of ways to agree. Even a professional observer of linguistic change struggles to …

[ad_1] To the Editor: Re “Autistic People Point to Full Lives as Rebuttal to Kennedy’s Dire Claim” (news article, April 19): I am part of the autistic population that Robert …