Obamas Had Plans to See the Reiners the Day They Were Found Dead NYT | Top Stories Jenny Gross 16 December 2025 at 21:55 Michelle Obama said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that she and former President Barack Obama were longtime friends of the couple and called them “decent, courageous” people. © Allison Robbert/Associated PressMichelle Obama speaking at an event in Washington last month.
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. NYT | Opinion Jeh C. Johnson 8 December 2025 at 11:04 A former secretary of homeland security on the illegality of Trump’s boat strikes.
Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration? NYT | Opinion Ross Douthat 7 December 2025 at 01:40 Not too much religious moralism in the administration, but too little.
MAGA and the Country Aesthetic NYT | Opinion Meher Ahmad, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Emily Keegin and Vishakha Darbha 2 December 2025 at 18:06 Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination.