The president is acting as if the midterms no longer matter.

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.

Eleven lessons America must learn

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.

We must use our leverage to end Israel’s occupation and establish two states with full political and legal rights for all.

An expert in human behavior explains how Democrats can change their primary process to improve their chances in 2028.

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

Voters want to dictate which offices their preferred politicians hold, what positions they take, and even where and how they live. It is fantasy football: political edition.

After this fiasco, Ken Martin, the chair of the D.N.C., should be replaced.

Why 2026 might tell us a lot about 2028.

We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

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?

First on Democrats’ to-do list must be banning gerrymandering, restoring voting rights protections and reforming the Supreme Court.

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.