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When Border Patrol Comes to Town

The new face of Trump’s immigration crackdown

To Get Happier, Make Yourself Smaller

Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.

President Piggy

This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

What does it mean to be female and conservative in 2025?

Democrats Finally Realize It Isn’t 2016 Anymore

Members of the left and the center seem to have concluded that, to win elections, each side needs to become more like the other.

How to Fix the Mess of College Sports

Athletic departments are spending too much money on the wrong things.

A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine

The Trump administration had actually begun to make progress. Now it’s all in doubt.

Every State Is a Border Patrol State

Far from the southern border, agents are leading raids on U.S. cities.

The Trump Steamroller Is Broken

Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.

Trump’s Toddler Response to the Epstein Saga

The president baits, deflects, and chews the scenery in a drama that just won’t die.

The End of the American Empire

The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting effects of lavish foreign gifts to Trump, and Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop.

Eight Plot-Heavy Books That Will Keep You Turning Pages

Some readers enjoy plotless, heady fiction. Those who don’t should try these titles.

RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.

Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In

The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island.

Trump’s Self-Damning Response to a Legitimate Question

The president scolded a reporter for “embarrassing” Mohammed bin Salman. But MBS seemed less aggrieved than Trump.

Whoa-zempic!

The next wave of obesity drugs is pushing the limits of weight loss.

‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’

What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?

Political Parties Have Disconnected From the Public

Across the democratic world, the postwar era’s dominant parties face a populist insurgency.

Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein

The comment continues the president’s long-standing pattern of denigrating female journalists.