Trump’s Appetite for Revenge Is Insatiable
The president is making good on his campaign promise.
Trump Wants Credit for That Too
The president is boasting about initiatives from before he took office.
Stephen Miller Has a Plan
The White House point person on immigration is pursuing a strategy that is bedeviling his opponents and could provoke a constitutional crisis.
Winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025
Some of the winners and runners-up from this year’s photo competition
How to Make an Instantly Forgettable, Very Expensive Movie
The Russo brothers’ Avengers films took hold of popular culture, but the directors have yet to repeat that kind of success.
A Battle for the Soul of the West
The assault on Enlightenment values is tearing both Europe and America apart.
Even Tom Cole Is Defending DOGE
“A Republican House is not going to chain down a Republican president.”
The DEI Catch-22
Columbia researchers believe their grants are being cut because of diversity components that were imposed by the federal government.
What Impossibly Wealthy Women Do for Love and Fulfillment
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, embraces old-fashioned domesticity on her new lifestyle series.
There Are Two Kinds of Credit Cards
Yet another way the poor are subsidizing the rich
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
Trump Gets a Taste of Putin’s Tactics
The Russian leader is offering few concessions in negotiations over Ukraine. How hard is Trump willing to push for the peace he promises?
What John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Left Out
In pushing back against Trump’s attack on a federal judge, the chief justice neglected to mention the substantive dispute of the case.
Forever 21’s Brief, Hideous Life
Farewell to a beloved purveyor of trash.
The Gaza Cease-Fire Was Always Going to End
Neither Israel nor Hamas is willing to tolerate the other’s existence.
Dear James: I Miss Being on Dating Apps
I’ve hit the relationship jackpot. But now I have romance FOMO.
They’re Cheering for Trump in Moscow—Again
Russia, among other autocratic states, is surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Martí, and Radio Free Asia.
The Life of the Mind Can Only Get You So Far
Michelle de Kretser’s intellectual coming-of-age explores the fissures between one’s ideals and reality.
The Trump-Tariff Advice: Eat Less
The policy’s real message is “Tax my voters; enrich my donors.”
What the Border-Hawk Catholics Get Wrong
Critics of Pope Francis’s views on immigration are sidestepping a long-standing Catholic tradition—while claiming to uphold it.