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Will AI become God? That’s the wrong question.
It’s hard to know what to think about AI. It’s easy to imagine a future in...
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Trump’s tariffs risk destroying his winning coalition
As markets tank and the prospect of higher prices becomes more real, the future of President...
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My boyfriend wants to pay my expenses. Am I a bad feminist if I let him?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through...
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Could an inexpensive vaccine help stave off dementia?
Anyone who has watched a loved one descend into the fog of dementia knows the tremendous...
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Why are car headlights so blindingly bright now?
Glaringly bright, blue-hued headlights filled my hatchback earlier this year as I drove 80 miles an...
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How the Nintendo Switch 2 delay explains Trump’s tariffs
It was a big week for the global economy — and for gamers. On Wednesday, President...
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A conspiracy theorist convinced Trump to fire the NSA director
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without...
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What this disastrous week taught us about the Trump presidency
Donald Trump’s tariffs were at once predictable and shocking. Predictable, in the sense that Trump had...
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The right is cooking up a surprising legal fight against Trump’s tariffs
On Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs, what appears to be...
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How Trump’s tariffs could help China
President Donald Trump’s new tariff chart, which he unveiled Wednesday at the Rose Garden, had a...
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You have questions about Trump’s tariffs. We have answers.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are already wreaking economic chaos in the US and abroad. On Wednesday,...
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A catastrophe is unfolding at the top US health agency — and it will put American lives at risk
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to be confirmed as Donald Trump’s secretary of Health and...
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The smearing of an Ole Miss freshman is a 2000s throwback
In February, a group of men on a sports talk show casually spread a salacious and...
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The best legal case against Trump’s tariffs, explained
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on pretty much everything imported into the...
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The powerful force behind Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump’s defenders often frame his trade policies as prioritizing economic development over the free...
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What the MAHA movement gets wrong about meat
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited West Virginia on March 28 to promote his...
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How Wisconsin explains America
Democratic voters just won a 10-point landslide in a state that President Donald Trump won last...
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The Supreme Court struggles with whether to wound Medicaid to spite Planned Parenthood
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic should be one of the easiest cases the Supreme Court...
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Support Future Perfect
Future Perfect seeks to tell stories about the world’s problems — problems that are big and...
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Trump’s harshest agenda item is also his most popular
Donald Trump’s popularity is slipping. His honeymoon is over, views of the economy and his stewardship...
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Trump set to unveil “Liberation Day” tariffs
President Donald Trump is set to unveil the details of his tariff plans at 4 pm...
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The cruel irony of the coming tariff war
The day this article goes up, April 2, has been pegged by President Donald Trump as...
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Will cheap housing lead to more babies?
One of the buzziest books in America right now is Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s...
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Where the right’s defense of free speech ends
In God and Man at Yale, the 1951 book that made William F. Buckley famous, American...