Trump, sinking into the quicksand of imperialism.

Despite how much the president talks about canceling the 2026 midterms, the columnist Jamelle Bouie explains why he can’t on this episode of “The Opinions.”

The president’s approval rating is a misleading signal, argues the columnist David French on “The Opinions.” Without Trump on the ballot, midterm elections will expose the true strength — or weakness — of MAGA politics.

The midterms will be a battle for control of Trump’s legacy.

Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be “gray zone” pressures, such as cutting internet cables.

The right’s future is all about American nationalism.

One year into the president’s second term, America risks losing a central feature of our democracy: that we are a country ruled by laws, not by the whims of one man.

I was interested in the lost world this music conjured, a world of teenagers like my aunts who had left home young and hit the road.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks.

The midterms will be a battle for control of Trump’s legacy.

Knowing what the government is up to is essential for democracy to work.

How much has Trump actually accomplished one year into his second term? According to the conservative analyst Yuval Levin, not much.

Politics in America has taken an ugly turn, the conservative analyst Yuval Levin says on “The Ezra Klein Show,” arguing it has become too influenced by fear.

By doubling its force while slashing training time, ICE has scaled up its culture of violence into an unrestrained and unaccountable machine.

What does training to document ICE actions look like? On “Interesting Times,” one activist explains how his Minneapolis-based nonprofit teaches citizens to be constitutional observers.

As ICE’s approach to immigration enforcement faces mounting criticism, Ross Douthat, the host of “Interesting Times,” asks the Minneapolis activist Francisco Segovia what legitimate immigration enforcement might look like.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

Readers react to the unrest in Minnesota. Also: Parallels to the past; the Nobel Peace Prize medal; nuclear power; Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead.

My visit with Scott Adams, who anticipated Donald Trump with his comic strip.

Our thoughts are an ever-changing swirl of fears, feelings, desires, impulses, memories and body sensations that interact to form a single mind.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

Documenting ICE is dangerous. This man wants you to do it anyway.

In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.

The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.

Documenting ICE is dangerous. This man wants you to do it anyway.

The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.

Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

The bulwark of Iranian oppression is fear. The latest round of demonstrations shows it has been breached.

The electricity may go off, but islanders see a glimmer of hope in Maduro’s departure.