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J.F.K., the C.I.A. and the Original ‘Deep State’
For the past three decades, the U.S. government has released documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Jr. with an overriding goal of…
1 year, 1 month ago
Inside the Group Chat Planning to Bomb Yemen
This week, top Trump officials inadvertently shared secret U.S. military plans with a prominent journalist after mistakenly adding him to a group cha…
1 year, 1 month ago
Nixon Dreamed of Breaking the Media. Trump Is Doing It.
As President Trump set out to systematically eliminate or intimidate those who stood in his way — inspectors general, judges, law firms — the news me…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump’s Escalating War With Higher Education
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has put the American university system on notice.
It has pressed for changes, opened investigations — and in…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Sunday Read: ‘What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero’
Sometime in the 1850s or ’60s, at a terrible moment in U.S. history, a strange man seemed to sprout, out of nowhere, into the rocky landscape between…
1 year, 1 month ago
'The Interview': Dr. Lindsay Gibson on What We Owe Our 'Emotionally Immature' Parents
The clinical psychologist explains the foundations of egocentric parental behavior, the impact it has on their children and the freedom of saying “no…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why a Worrisome Economy Doesn’t Seem to Worry Trump
As President Trump has rolled out his economic agenda, the assumption has been that he would quickly scale back his most aggressive policies once the…
1 year, 1 month ago
Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?
Five years ago, at the urging of federal officials, much of the United States locked down to stop the spread of Covid. Over time, the action polarize…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump’s Showdown With the Courts
President Trump’s showdown with the courts reached a new milestone on Tuesday, when he called for a federal judge to be impeached and the chief justi…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Trump Is Scaring Big Law Firms Into Submission
After engaging in a campaign of retribution against his enemies within the federal government, President Trump is turning to those outside of it.
Mich…
1 year, 1 month ago