Readers mourn Rob Reiner and take offense at the president’s crude response. Also: America snubs its allies; phone scams; former President Joe Biden’s library.

An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president.

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The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office.

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His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.

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Unlike during his last time in the White House, people now disapprove of Trump because of the economy, not in spite of it.

Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.

Trump’s travails look more and more like Biden’s.

Mounting questions will go unanswered because of a Supreme Court decision shielding presidents from scrutiny.

Progressives have an opportunity to start thinking boldly again about how to conceive of and use public authority for Americans.

Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination.

It may be tempting to memory hole what happened in Gaza. That would only compound the mistake of ignoring, or rationalizing, an intolerable reality.

A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.

The two countries agreed to suspend the fees for a year as part of their recent trade pact, but America still aims to build more commercial ships.