Favoring TikTok over national security, releasing rioters, undermining global health efforts — these actions put all of us at risk.

Hollywood’s silence reveals the contours of our escalating conflict with China; we’re digesting the war on TikTok, instead.

Eight years ago, Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement spurred a big time reaction that shaped the decade. Now, it’s a different time.

Readers worry about immigration raids in schools. Also: Immigrants who fear seeking health care; military shortcomings; women’s slow progress; betting on Bitcoin.

Ezra Klein discusses the oligarchic power dynamics of the second Trump administration.

And why secular people should care.

The huddled masses yearning to breathe free have not always been received with open arms.

It’s not hard to understand how Curtis Yarvin won the admiration of powerful patrons.

Ezra Klein and Aaron Retica discuss the oligarchic power dynamics of the second Trump administration.

It’s time to require oil and gas companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

The incoming White House chief of staff may well represent the thin line between the president and disaster.

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

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

The president’s executive orders show us where things are headed.

“And Panama!” a Ukrainian military analyst said. “What did calm, peaceful Panama do?”

Because presidents exercise such unfettered discretion in granting clemency, these actions provide useful insights into their true character.

Readers react to President Trump’s Inaugural Address, his clemency toward Jan. 6 rioters and more. Also: Joe Biden’s last pardons as president.

The young nation had seen many things, but a single executive? Surely not.

The full-scale assault by the conservative movement on liberal domination of the nation’s culture has begun to deliver key victories.

The columnist on why the president is facing a rare moment of opportunity in the Middle East.

“I can’t change it. I’m not in control, so I have to listen.”

The fealty that corporate chieftains are showing the new president is a worrying sign for our economy.

Seeing those cardinals watching over each other, I wondered: What can I, too, do to be watchful? To take care?

The key to peace is strength, and the key to strength is leadership.

Pushing power to the limit does not guarantee presidential success.

Some of the claims behind the longest-lived people are simply improbable.

The troubled times many of us feel we are in make his message especially relevant.

What worries me most right now is the future of my generation.