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The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum and America’s backsliding democracy

Europeans Have Realized Their Error

The urge to say I told you so is strong these days throughout the Baltics.

Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext

The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.

The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals

They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.

How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail

Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.

Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’

The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

Breakfast Is Breaking

The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.

The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma

Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

Can anyone stop his space-based internet?

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

Congressional Republicans Have Two Bad Options

How to make sense of their stumbling progress—perhaps—toward a major fiscal bill

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.