Trump’s Amplifier Administration
Thomas Friedman discusses the chaos of the president’s conflicts—and how the wider world is viewing the instability.
Will The Washington Post Embrace the AI Slush Pile?
Reducing the role of human editorial judgment is the last thing opinion journalism needs.
Money Is Ruining Television
Depictions of extreme wealth are everywhere on the small screen and, well, it’s all quite boring.
Looking Up
What we see when we stare at the night sky
The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness
The president is not just abusing the immunity that the Supreme Court granted him. He might be seeking to expand it.
Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Never Coming Back. Then He Did.
His return doesn’t mean he can go free. But it does mean the administration has changed course.
America the Fortress
Trump is using travel bans to keep some people out—and additional means to make sure others don’t want to even visit.
Inside the Trump-Musk Breakup
The president tried to give his billionaire benefactor a dignified exit. It didn’t work.
No Rational Aid-Distribution System Should Work This Way
The new Gaza relief effort was bound to fail.
Trump Is Wearing America Down
Less than a decade ago, the Trump administration's travel ban sparked an outcry. Today, people seem far more willing to accept such a policy.
Every Election Is Now Existential
A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.
Photos of the Week: Ox Racing, Bat Research, Smart Whale
Monsoon flooding in India, destroyed bombers on a Russian airfield, Dragon Boat Festival races in China, a huge tomato fight in Colombia, surfing in South Africa, and much more
Fast Times and Mean Girls
What the great teen movies tell us about American adolescence
Wes Anderson Lets the Real World Filter In
The Phoenician Scheme is the director’s latest film to let modern life seep into his high-concept worlds.
What Hula Taught Me
Keeping a culture alive, one step at a time
What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works
Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.
As America Steps Back, Others Step In
Our global leadership is at stake, and it’s not too late to act.
The Super Bowl of Internet Beefs
Nobody wins in the Trump-Musk breakup.
Elon Musk Goes Nuclear
The world’s richest man and the president of the United States are now openly fighting.
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