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Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe

The Trump administration’s political witch hunt is risking the bureau’s effectiveness and the public’s safety.

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The Senate Should Let Trump’s Bill Die

The Senate Should Let Trump’s Bill Die

Debt payments already exceed military spending. The president’s bill will make things worse.

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The Nation Encourages Political Violence by Allowing It to Seem Normal

When we move on too quickly from an attack, we normalize it.

20.06.2025 100

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America Must Not Rush Into a War Against Iran

The decision to declare war rests with Congress alone.

19.06.2025 90

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Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor

New Yorkers deserve better than the status quo.

16.06.2025 10

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Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.

Both the right and the left deserve blame for the rise in anti-Jewish hatred.

14.06.2025 200

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Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency

The president’s use of the National Guard serves his own interests above the country’s.

09.06.2025 400

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A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption

His self-dealing is part of his larger efforts to weaken American democracy.

08.06.2025 950

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If Trump Walks Away From Ukraine Now, Putin Wins

The president is right about wanting to end the war in Ukraine but wrong about threatening to walk away from cease-fire talks.

29.05.2025 10

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Why We’re Rooting for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor

Friedrich Merz and Germany’s political establishment must unite the center to ward off the far right.

18.05.2025 30

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Trump’s Third-Term Jokes Deserve a Serious Response

The president’s fantasizing about remaining in office deserves more forceful pushback.

07.05.2025 100

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There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab.

The patriotic response to today’s threat to American democracy is to oppose Trump soberly and strategically.

01.05.2025 10

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Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.

The world’s democracies can speak up to make Erdogan’s life less comfortable.

27.04.2025 80

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What Harvard Has Set the Stage For

The university’s willingness to stand up to the Trump administration can be a model.

17.04.2025 100

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Trump’s Tariff Pause Is Less Than Meets the Eye

The president extols tariffs as a miracle cure, but using them indiscriminately will only make the economic pain worse.

13.04.2025 100

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A Playbook for Standing Up to President Trump

Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.

06.04.2025 80

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The Democrats Are in Denial About 2024

Party leaders have embraced convenient excuses. This perilous political moment requires more self-reflection and honesty.

29.03.2025 40

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Who Will Defend the Defenders of the Constitution?

The president and his allies are encouraging a campaign of menace.

22.03.2025 100

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Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.

This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

15.03.2025 200

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Musk Doesn’t Understand Why Government Matters

If a business fails, it’s not a big deal. When government services break down, people can die.

08.03.2025 100

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The MAGA War on Speech

If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.

28.02.2025 200

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Trump, Again, Chooses Loyalty Over Leadership

The firing of the nation’s top military officer is the latest example of the president prioritizing fealty over sound policy and expertise.

24.02.2025 100

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Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?

In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.

22.02.2025 100

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Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American...

17.02.2025 100

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Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him

The president is challenging the constitutional order.

13.02.2025 200

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Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans

Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

09.02.2025 100

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Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

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Trump’s Test of the Constitution

Two weeks in, the president is quickly moving to eliminate tools of accountability.

01.02.2025 20

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You Asked for This Cease-Fire, Mr. President. Make Sure It Holds.

The fate of the Israel-Hamas agreement will require huge effort.

23.01.2025 60

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Trump and Biden Find Common Ground in Abusing Their Pardon Powers

If it wasn’t already clear — after nearly 250 years — that the pardon power is a standing invitation to abuse and corruption, two presidents...

23.01.2025 20

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Trump’s Opening Act of Contempt

To open his term with such an act of contempt toward the legal system is audacious, even for Mr. Trump.

22.01.2025 550

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Restoring Fiscal Control Can’t Wait Much Longer

Since the start of the new year, the bond market has been urging Congress to come to terms with America’s spiraling budget problems. Soon it might...

22.01.2025 10

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Standing Up to Donald Trump’s Fear Tactics

There is a real risk that the nation’s institutions will succumb to Trump’s campaign of intimidation and not do their jobs.

18.01.2025 200

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The Fed’s Stress Tests Are Facing a Stress Test

The Federal Reserve faces a reckoning: Sometime soon, it’ll probably have to subject its stress tests to public scrutiny, highlighting serious flaws...

18.01.2025 10

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Laken Riley Act Should Be a Priority for Both Parties

Democrats finally seem to be converging on a more serious approach to immigration enforcement. It shouldn’t have taken a drubbing at the polls last...

17.01.2025 20

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Trump’s Delight in Disruption Threatens the Economy

Just how far President-elect Donald Trump will press his promises on trade and economic policy once he takes office is hard to say. One thing is...

16.01.2025 10

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TikTok Sale Should Be Trump’s First Deal

On Friday, the Supreme Court signaled it would likely not be TikTok’s savior. If President-elect Donald Trump wants to play the role, he should do...

14.01.2025 10

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A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess

Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.

12.01.2025 300

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Britain Has Failed Vulnerable Children for Too Long

The scale of Britain’s child-exploitation scandal almost defies belief. Between the late 1980s and the early 2010s, thousands of young girls, mainly...

10.01.2025 7

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Milei’s Strong Start Has Proved Skeptics Wrong

Javier Milei’s first year as president of Argentina has confounded his critics. Most viewed his promises of radical reform as crazy or unworkable....

09.01.2025 8

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The US Health-Care System Is Flawed By Design

The middlemen that comprise a growing share of America’s convoluted health-care system find themselves in a bind. The public is angry about the...

08.01.2025 20

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Will Scott Bessent Be a Loyalist or a Moderating Voice?

Investors seem both reassured and intrigued by the prospect of Scott Bessent as the next Treasury secretary. Reassured, because Bessent is...

07.01.2025 5

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To Shorten the War in Ukraine, Tighten Oil Sanctions for Real

As Bloomberg News has reported, President Joe Biden is considering ramping up sanctions on Russia before he leaves office, hoping to pressure...

03.01.2025 20

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Republican Budget Gimmicks: Just Say No

Even before taking office, the Republican Party’s new majority has become deeply split over the legislative path ahead. Some lawmakers want to...

01.01.2025 6

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Tether and Trump Could Be a Dangerous Combination

Perhaps nothing encapsulates the perils of crypto better than Tether Holdings Ltd. Tether is a so-called stablecoin. It addresses one of...

27.12.2024 100

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Starmer's EU Reset Is Overdue and Overly Modest

Judging from the reaction, you might think that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had just lost a war. One former cabinet minister labeled Starmer’s...

25.12.2024 9

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Don’t Turn Over US Spy Agencies to Lackeys and Kooks

As he assembles his team for a second term, President-elect Donald Trump is entitled to some latitude, even for his more unconventional picks. Yet...

24.12.2024 6

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Obamacare Is More Popular and Costlier Than Ever

A rude surprise could be in store for the millions of Americans who get health coverage through the Affordable Care Act. If Congress doesn’t act...

21.12.2024 5

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Trump Should Reform Financial Watchdogs. Here’s How

News that President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to hack away at the forbidding tangle of US bank regulation is welcome in the abstract. In...

20.12.2024 6

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Quantum Computers: Getting Real?

Take it from Niels Bohr: “Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.” Much the same...

19.12.2024 40

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