“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.

After Trump won, Americans seem to have traded anger for hope.

MAGA’s cruelty toward immigrants and its disregard for civil liberties are on full display in the Lone Star State.

How could words possibly do justice to an experience like that?

The president-elect’s cultural victory has lapped his political victory.

What kind of disruptions does America need? And what will Trump not actually follow through on?

Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.

A former White House press secretary shares his predictions for Trump’s second term.

Readers give reasons to turn down Ross Douthat’s invitation. Also: The 2024 election; helping the hurting; reasons not to fly.

While the wages of success in the region will be enormous, the consequences of failure will be utterly hellish.

He is tapping into a vision of a United States that is forever growing, forever moving outward.

A boast and a warning as the 45th president becomes the 47th.

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

Fourteen Opinion writers assess the substance and style of Trump’s speech.

Are tariffs good or bad policy? The answer is less simple than you might think.

The niceties of Donald Trump’s first speech as president couldn’t mask the darkness within — or the way he views his mission now.