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.

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.

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.

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

The Senate race in Texas will come down to the Democratic candidate’s strengths and the Republican’s weaknesses.

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

Why 2026 might tell us a lot about 2028.

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.

Trump has molded the presidency in his image. It isn’t pretty.

The president wants a loyal Republican Party — even if the country might not.

The “Trump First” wing of the G.O.P. is in ascendance. The rest of the party needs to fight back.

The political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our “trench warfare politics.”

Is there anything Democrats can do to break free of a deeply polarized political system in which parties are constantly winning and then losing office?

If you’re not strutting, you’re not selling

These G.O.P. crusaders might be the perfect people to fight sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.

The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.

The country seems to be tiring of the Trump era. Now what?

Two powerful forces in politics clash.

The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.

When MAHA turns into HAHA.

An individual with principles and quirks and an aversion to being told what to do.

Trump is fighting the world’s stupidest culture war.