Trump’s insistence on a cease-fire without addressing what the warring sides really want at this stage has not worked.

Responses to a guest essay about the effects of Medicaid cuts. Also: A third presidential term; a display of faith; loud music in public.

More than lying to the public, too many Democrats were lying to themselves.

The journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now.

The journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now.

Studies show that when Medicaid work requirements were tried, they failed to increase employment.

What we can learn from polls about the president’s action-filled second term so far and how Democrats are looking.

Selling off public lands threatens more than a century of progress for one of America’s most vital and popular shared experiments.

The debate over nationwide injunctions.

The country’s disastrous slide to the far right had been coming.

There’s a cost to making it so hard to be a young person right now.

Procedure was supposed to be beside the point at Thursday’s arguments. But the unconstitutionality and impracticality of Trump’s order was inescapable.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: President Trump’s contempt for ethical boundaries.

Live by the Loomer, die by the Loomer.

His removal from baseball’s ineligible list will allow him to enter the Hall of Fame.

Will the cure for the obesity epidemic fuel the loneliness epidemic?

Losing your job may be the best-case scenario.

Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down.

It looks like retribution. It’s actually worse.

Losing your job may be the best-case scenario.

The participants discuss what Democrats should do in the face of a second Trump presidency.

The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age.

The focus on a specific legal question has overshadowed the more crucial issues at stake.

We’ve come to see developmental aid as a basic fact of the world. But now the money is drying up.

Readers reflect on the Constitution and the state of American democracy. Also: The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis; Elon Musk’s minions.

The secretary of education said it would be a “wonderful thing.” Lots of parents disagree.

When the Cannes Film Festival is banning nudity and big dresses from the red carpet, what is a fashion fan, body-proud star or stylist to do?

The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

Sure, everyone likes gifts. But presidents have to refuse them most of the time.