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The Other Side of Signalgate

The Trump Administration’s extraordinary security breach has elicited shock, amusement, and anger. An eyewitness in Yemen describes what happened when the bombs started to fall.
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Profiles

Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.
Letter from Brazil

The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right

Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.
Annals of Zoology

The Dire Wolf Is Back

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. Is the woolly mammoth next?
Onward and Upward with Technology

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media

X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

Commentary

Comment

At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Takes Aim at History

The urge to police the past is hardly an invention of the Trump Administration. It is the reflexive obsession of autocrats everywhere.
The Lede

Has Trump’s Legal Strategy Backfired?

Federal judges do not take well to being lied to or treated, as one put it, like idiots.
The Lede

Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat?

Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.
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Why Benjamin Netanyahu Is Going Back to War

The public’s fears for the fate of the ceasefire and the hostages have become a struggle over the rule of law.

Conversations

Q. & A.

A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice

The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.
Q. & A.

What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for French Democracy

After the far-right leader was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running for office, her supporters cried foul. Was justice served or politicized?
Q. & A.

How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy

The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that empathy is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and manipulative.”
Q. & A.

Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America?

After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces protests on a scale not seen in a decade.

From Our Columnists

The Financial Page

How Donald Trump Crushed the Stock Market

The President’s tariff policy isn’t strategic protectionism; it’s economic self-harm.
The Sporting Scene

The Launch of the Torpedo Bat

The New York Yankees quietly brought a physics experiment to the plate. Then came the home-run barrage.
The Financial Page

The Truth About Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day”

The President’s one-man trade war was already hurting the economy. His expansive new tariffs will make things worse.
The Sporting Scene

Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point

An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.

More News

Deep State Diaries

“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated”

Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.
Open Questions

Will A.I. Save the News?

Artificial intelligence could hollow out the media business—but it also has the power to enhance journalism.
Letter from Trump’s Washington

Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy

On a chilly Wednesday afternoon, the President announced he would single-handedly blow up a century’s worth of globalization.
Deep State Diaries

The Fired Student-Debt Relievers

As Donald Trump guts the Department of Education, a vastly diminished staff attempts to keep the wheels on the government’s $1.6-trillion loan portfolio.
Annals of Immigration

The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act

The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.
The New Yorker Interview

We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy

Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.
Dispatch

The Six-Figure Nannies and Housekeepers of Palm Beach

An influx of ultra-high-net-worth newcomers has increased demand for experienced—and discreet—household staff.
Letter from Trump’s Washington

Will Trump’s Gulf of America Power Trip Break the White House Press Corps?

The Associated Press had its day in court on Thursday, but free speech in this Presidency is already a big loser.