Sampling the outpouring of responses to a column by Ross Douthat about the East Wing and the ballroom. Also: Everyday acts of grace; Canada and President Trump.
The arguments against it illustrate a consistent problem with progressive stewardship of American cities.
South Florida will feel some of the most intense reverberations if Congress allows the extra insurance subsidies it approved during the pandemic to expire.
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.
Mourners are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.
What’s the smart move for Democrats in this political moment? On “The Opinions,” the columnist David Brooks says he thinks the party should channel Michelle Obama and “go high.”
Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.
Who’s the patriot now?
Readers respond to a guest essay by Danielle Sassoon about her experience at N.Y.U. Also: A crackdown on science; a plea to the former presidents.
Rejecting prevailing views of the movement as either exemplary or ineffectual, Brandon M. Terry offers a bold new vision of our history.
A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.
The comedian, actor, and former podcaster discusses his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama.
Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.
Dismissing candidates like Zohran Mamdani simply because of their youth is no longer viable. Millennial and Gen Z Americans will only gain more political influence.
Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law.
As cases of lawless behavior and extrajudicial killings mounted, the Special Forces had to decide how to respond — and whom to protect.
Without a deal in Congress by Tuesday, the government will run out of funding.
Politics drive a wedge between even the longest of friends.
We got our economic response to the coronavirus right. Why would we let go of that success?