What do we expect from the Supreme Court and what can it actually do? On “Interesting Times,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Ross Douthat discuss how the court makes decisions, with an eye toward the future, rather than focusing on the moment we live in right now.

Abortion isn’t a right protected by the Constitution nor is it deeply rooted in the country’s history. Justice Amy Coney Barrett describes how the Supreme Court’s majority came to that conclusion on this week’s episode of “Interesting Times.” She tells Ross Douthat the tools she uses to interpret the law.

The veteran Middle East negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley assess the promises and pitfalls of Trump’s peace deal.

The only way to contain Putin is with a resolute show of strength.

Who lost the debate may be clearer than who won.

Trump’s crypto windfall represents a mixing of personal and government interests at an unprecedented scale.

The veteran Middle East negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley assess the promises and pitfalls of Trump’s peace deal.

The postwar generation had a good run. Now we’re all paying for it.

Baby boomers had a good run. Now we’re all paying for it.

The secret of Donald Trump’s success with the Israeli prime minister was offering carrots on domestic politics — not sticks on foreign policy.

Responses to an essay about President Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Also: Bikes in the park; a vigil against political violence.

The way to advance his worldview, he argues, is to show that it works.

Don’t mistake a revolution for a revival.

Ten years into the Trump era, Democrats still don’t seem to know how to respond.

The Supreme Court justice isn’t making decisions based on public opinion.

Generative A.I. can do many things human beings can do. But that misses the point about how A.I. can truly benefit us.

Francesca Albanese’s provocative allegations have made her a villain to some and a hero to others.

The Supreme Court justice isn’t making decisions based on public opinion.

I fear that the my daughter’s experience is too often sidelined in favor of a more palatable version.

Who would have imagined I’d ever praise something Trump did in the world of foreign policy?

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky says that what A.I. wants most is not for humanity to live “happily ever after.” “What the entity, the organism, the A.I. ends up wanting has been and will be weird and twisty.” Yudkowsky sits down with the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to discuss.

It seemed that last year’s wildfire in Los Angeles had been extinguished safely after two days. But it had just gone underground.

Thousands of hostages are still awaiting freedom.

Readers respond to a Page A1 article about the lack of class attendance at Harvard. Also: Canceling a report on threats; America today.

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

Circumcision is the latest example of Kennedy seizing on a hot-button issue that already has entrenched and aggressive internet partisans.

Will Black voters continue to have an opportunity to elect representatives of their choice, or will decades of hard-won progress disappear?

The war might have ended, one lawyer argues, but the occupation remains.

Times Opinion convened a panel to weigh in on the race.