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Par for the course. Trump is Trump. But imagine the response if Joe Biden had said it.

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor.

Interviews with Senator John Fetterman, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Anna Deavere Smith, Karl Rove, David Axelrod, and Jemele Hill

Throughout so many Trump scandals, one thing remains the same: He has no respect for the basic mechanisms of democracy.

The collapse of Antarctica’s ice sheets would be disastrous. A group of scientists has an idea to save them.

Team USA’s historic win in the current global tournament was a shot heard around the world. Now it just needs a domestic audience.

The case is a personal and family tragedy, but it is also a demonstration of the strength of rule of law.

It seems doubly perverse to apply rules against perfidy when perfidy is being used to free hostages, but to let other war crimes slide when their objective is to kill civilians.

Climate reparations would hold the globe’s biggest polluters—including the United States—responsible for their actions. They might also be the best hope those nations have for saving themselves.