Readers respond to a news article, “Push to Deport Splits Over 100,000 Families.” Also: The trolling war.

What exactly is conservatism in the Trump era?

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

How long can decent people continue to work for such a corrupted institution?

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

We need a law that raises the legal standard for bringing federal criminal charges.

Readers discuss Senator John Cornyn’s loss to Ken Paxton in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Also: Investigating E. Jean Carroll; Mets and Knicks; religion and A.I.

Three reasons Trump is losing the war in Iran.

Texas just got a lot more interesting.

A filmmaker asks residents of the embattled island what they would say to the U.S. president.

Readers discuss the Democratic Party’s autopsy of the presidential election. Also: Single at a party.

Despite all our good intentions, the legal system — that thing we were charged to protect — kept getting worse.

A system of fuzzy borders, in which powerful states treat territory as negotiable and sovereignty as conditional, is not a viable alternative to the liberal world order.

Whatever deal is reached between the United States and Iran, Trump will have to make a big concession: A murderous regime remains intact.

A deal to end the current blockade is merely an enticement for the next blockade and the one after that.

Readers praise the opposition from some Republicans, call the fund a legal “travesty” and discuss the culture of corruption. Also: Living with dementia.

Let’s put the sovereign back Into popular sovereignty.

The moms are not happy.

Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion compensation fund tied to Jan. 6 is drawing scrutiny. On “The Opinions,” David French explains why he sees a double standard between how rioters and ordinary Americans would be treated under the system.

The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party.

Why 2026 might tell us a lot about 2028.

How can Cubans move forward if they aren’t ready to reckon with their past?

The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.

There’s no telling where this leads.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement has reshaped the public health debate. But if the coalition behind it begins to fracture, what comes next?

By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump’s finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and his family in a new category.

Readers respond to news that the I.R.S. would be barred from pursuing tax claims against President Trump, his family or his businesses. Also: Protecting precious places; growing native plants.

The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

The president’s trolling of Canada, Greenland and Venezuela over becoming America’s next state has had one positive side effect, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues.