What explains the Republican Party’s posture toward these protests?

A lot happened this week. The Opinion editor of The New York Times, Kathleen Kingsbury, highlights one thing you shouldn’t miss: OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, announced that the company’s new version of ChatGPT will have a more “humanlike” personality — and even offer erotica for verified adults. Watch Kingsbury explain why more regulation of A.I. chatbots is needed.

In a supposed effort to crack down on immigration, Trump continues to bombard American cities with federal agents. Chicago is the latest target, and the administration’s efforts are only leading to chaos and unrest. The musician and actor Vic Mensa, a Chicago native, breaks down how we got here in the first place and what it means for the city.

Seeing my kid wear my bat mitzvah dress gave me a new outlook on adolescence and sentimental objects.

Jamelle Bouie says the South’s appeal isn’t just cheaper living; it’s the power to use wealth to control others. Tressie McMillan Cottom calls it “the ‘Yellowstone’-ification of the country.” But that kind of dominance also means giving up something: the diversity and cultural egalitarianism of cosmopolitan life.

Tressie McMillan Cottom argues that our obsession with Southern culture isn’t just about charm or nostalgia. It’s about reassurance. We romanticize its music, verandas and magnolias, yet, despite the political drift in other states, insist that “at least we’re not the South.”

Pete Hegseth can’t handle the truth.

Why Congress should take up Insurrection Act reform.

Three Southern Opinion columnists on the region and its outsize role in national politics.

The Trump administration risks squandering the progress it has made in securing the border.

Readers weigh in on the challenges of defining and diagnosing the condition.

Three Southern Opinion columnists on the region and its outsize role in national politics.

Trump’s flatterers are sacrificing more than just their dignity.

Could President Trump’s unorthodox leadership style differentiate the latest Israel-Hamas peace deal from the many failed attempts that came before? The veteran Middle East negotiator Robert Malley thinks so. “He’s a politician of intuition,” he says.

Is Israel still a sovereign nation, given its increased dependence on the United States? On a recent episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” veteran Middle East negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley sit down with the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to discuss the recent peace deal and what comes next.

Readers, many with Parkinson’s, respond to an article about Sue Goldie, who has the disease. Also: Tears over Trump’s America; losing to China; learning through play.

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 discuss 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.