The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.

Clark Kent’s real superpower is the gift of adoption.

The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.

The journalist Will Sommer examines the perfect storm of the Epstein files, Trump, QAnon and MAGA.

How Allie Beth Stuckey is holding the line on the right.

How Allie Beth Stuckey is holding the line on the right.

Will the Republican sprawling policy bill give Democrats new traction in next year’s midterms?

Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.

America’s public health institutions made mistakes during the pandemic, but that does not justify the Trump administration’s broad assault on health and science.

In his commitment to domination, he is missing an opportunity to shape a new multipolar order that protects America’s interests.

More than a client list, MAGA is looking for meaning.

Mamdani is pulled between his supporters and his critics on the phrase “globalize the intifada.”

Readers respond to a Styles article about the reading habits of men. Also: Women’s choices; chatbots in toys; conservative professors.

Their moderation has been misread.

Abandoning local public radio and TV would accelerate a dangerous trend straining civic health.

According to the host Ken Jennings, trivia is overlooked as a “great social force.”

Trump wants his people calling the shots. And Bove has proved, above all, that he belongs to the president.

Perhaps the biggest effect A.I. will have on our lives is in giving us a new way to entertain ourselves.

Get ready for the G.O.P. to run against “Mamdani Democrats” for several election cycles to come.

Contrarianism and neutrality can’t overcome progressive groupthink.

Readers respond to the president’s latest turn in the war. Also: President Trump and Rosie O’Donnell; New Yorkers’ health; travel medical kits.

Have questions about Russia? Anton Troianovski has answers.

The president may be winning the battle to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.

Comparisons to what happened in Turkey and Hungary are not far-fetched.

David Leonhardt talks with a conservative judge about the courts in the Trump era.

Productive disagreement is the flavor of the moment.

There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.

A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Differences between the two countries must be addressed through negotiation and mutual respect, not punitive measures.