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Trump and Musk Are Destroying the Basics of a Healthy Democracy
An apolitical bureaucracy run by public servants who respect the law is one of the greatest...
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Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia....
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Nobody Wants Gaz-a-Lago
The president proposes a terrible solution to a very real problem.
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The Modern Voice of War Writing
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque reinvented a genre.
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Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE
The world’s richest man still relies on the president for his authority.
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Trump’s Wild Plan for Gaza
The president proposes an American takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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America Can’t Just Unpause USAID
The speed with which the Trump administration took the agency apart will be felt for years...
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The Tariffs Were Never Real
Donald Trump does not appear eager to follow through on one of his biggest campaign promises.
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Two Truths of Trump’s Second Term
Chaos versus strategy is a misleading binary for understanding this presidency.
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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
If Congress won’t stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from arrogating its power over federal spending,...
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Maha Kumbh Mela: The Largest Gathering in the World
Images from a Hindu festival in India, expected to attract more than 400 million visitors
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My Friend’s Instagram Account Has Taken a Dark Turn
I want to reach out, but I’m not sure how.
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What Christopher Hitchens Understood About the Parthenon
The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not...
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A Novelist Who Looks Into the Dark
Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.
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Democracy in Eastern Europe Faces Another Crisis
Protesters in Georgia are trying to stem Putin’s growing influence in the region.
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DeepSeek and the Truth About Chinese Tech
Chinese companies are good at doing more with less—and at using any means necessary.
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What’s Up With All the Sex Parties?
“What we do, you can’t do onstage at Lincoln Center.”
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American History Is Key to Understanding Trump
The best analogies to understand the U.S. president can be found right in the United States.
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The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
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A Handbook for Dealing With Trump Threats
The president is issuing similar demands around the globe—but a one-size response doesn’t fit all countries.
