May 5, 2025, 4:38 p.m. Eastern time
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Ezra Klein
The most consequential day of Donald Trump’s second term came before it even began.
Helen Schulman
Sometimes I wonder, “Why did we have to wait this long?”
The Editorial Board
The patriotic response to today’s threat to American democracy is to oppose Trump soberly and strategically.
David Brooks
I’ve found it necessary to root myself in anything that feels rehumanizing, whether it’s art or literature or learning.
The Opinions
At least one Opinion columnist is confident about that.
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Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing new ventures involving billions of dollars.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a new plan calls for a “forceful entry” into the territory and would involve Palestinians relocating to the south.
San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado, where “Some Like It Hot” was shot and celebrities regularly checked in, has been renovated meticulously, deliberately and very expensively.
Federal workers, Google employees and newspaper editors have opened up about losing their jobs in the newsletter Laid Off.
We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.
It is suffering from a self-inflicted wound and the world is just starting to share the pain.
Can America still build big things? A long ride through California’s Central Valley tells a gloomy story.
Discussions with the Central African country come as the Trump administration looks for more countries willing to accept deportees as part of a sweeping crackdown.
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