Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo.Read More
The Burden Placed on Sexual Abuse Survivors
Virginia Roberts Giuffre spent so much of her life telling the story of her abuse.Read More
Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousands Protest Trump’s Agenda
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.Read More
How Baby Boomers Blew Up the American Dream
The postwar generation had a good run. Now we’re all paying for it.Read More
Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom
On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.Read More
For Prince Andrew, a Steady Fall From Grace Ends in a Hard Landing
A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.Read More
Santos in His Own Words: Pleading for Mercy and Promising a Comeback
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who was released from federal prison on Friday, has been a columnist for a Long Island paper, including from behind bars.Read More
Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.Read More
Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.Read More
Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure
President Nicolás Maduro this week called on civilians to help the country defend itself, while his defense minister warned citizens to “prepare for the worst.”Read More