Opinion

Trump fears that Biden will demonstrate the difference between a leader who puts the country first and a leader who put himself first.

Thanks to Donald Trump, we don’t have to speculate.

Lawyers and other readers discuss the landmark Supreme Court decision. Also: A ruling on corruption; doctors and abortion bans; religion in public schools.

Presidential immunity never existed in America. Until now.

Reflecting on the parallels between campaigns that got caught up in existential threats to the nation.

The messy, fascinating history of American exceptionalism has taken a strange turn.

The Nixonian theory of presidential power is now enshrined as constitutional law.

It is increasingly clear that this court sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system.

Big Tech is increasingly safe from government regulation.

The stakes have never been higher.

The president’s team should stop gaslighting us.

They share anti-immigrant prejudices, but not all the same policy priorities.

In a step toward monarchy, the bedrock principle that presidents are not above the law has been set aside.

An evidentiary hearing in federal court could lay out previously undisclosed information.

A destructive market dynamic discourages production.

Instead of delivering a judgment many months ago and allowing the trial to proceed, the justices gave Trump the gift of delay piled upon delay.

Readers discuss some of the major decisions at the end of the court’s term.

The rule of law is perhaps entirely in the hands of the American people.

Mr. Trump keeps being the person we know — statically supported by 44 to 49 percent of people on any given day, with or without enthusiasm.

An open convention wouldn’t be a disaster for the Democrats. It might even help them win.

Americans are owed better from the Democratic Party.

It would be so easy to find a new and less harmful way to celebrate the founding of a nation.

On the eve of going to prison, populism’s grand strategist talks about what another Trump presidency would look like and the rise of MAGA-type movements around the world.

Some kids are unable to get the care they need because of a shortage of pediatricians, and the problem could get worse.

Readers offer a range of views after an editorial that called on the president to leave the race after his poor debate performance.

Money-strapped millennials, inflation and the tough economics of the restaurant business have birthed a wait-in-line dining culture.

What is the Democratic Party for if not for dealing with a situation like this?

Rarely has a case had less legal meaning and greater moral weight.

The intolerance in the L.G.B.T.Q. community for nuanced views of the war in Gaza is not what the rainbow flag stands for.

It’s time to use warning labels to steer people away from food that’s bad for them.

There is widespread agreement, even in museums, that questionable pieces in collections should be returned. But returned to whom?

The president had a bad night, but the fundamentals of this race have not changed.

An alternative photographic history of the Pride march shows that real belonging starts in the crowd, where people find refuge and community.

The court swept aside a precedent that endangers countless regulations — and transfers power from the executive branch to Congress and the courts.

A second Biden term would be unusually dangerous for the country in a very significant way.

With Israel possibly winding down its war in Gaza, we should be paying more attention to the crisis building in the more populous West Bank.

Readers share their biggest takeaways from the presidential debate.

Do the Democrats really want to stop Trump? What are they prepared to do?

Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof.

The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.

None of the options ensure victory against Trump — and some of them could badly split the party.

U.S. and E.U. leaders are divided over how far to go in the economic war against Vladimir Putin.

A late-Soviet debate night doesn’t mean we’re in late-Soviet America.

Everyone in our system, including judges and members of Congress, will be nudged to do their proper constitutional work.

Readers are disturbed by “problematic performances” by both candidates, and some urge the president to bow out.

The vice president is the obvious path out of the mess Joe Biden has created.

I joined my Times Opinion colleagues Ross Douthat and Michelle Cottle to discuss the debate — and what Democrats might do next.

Schools ground migrant children and their families when everything else — the language, the city, the culture, the people — is brand-new.

Three Opinion writers weigh in on the first presidential debate of 2024.

Donald Trump is too grave a threat to America. Democrats need a nominee who can unite the country and articulate a compelling vision for it.

Democrats must grapple with his disastrous debate.

The international community must insist on reversing the restriction of Afghan women’s and girls’ rights and on women’s meaningful participation in decision making.

Columnists and contributors assess who won and lost the debate and distill what stood out to them.

He must withdraw from the race.

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At least he told voters what really matters.

Some are calling it a disaster.

The Trumpist right is presenting aggressive legal theories that fail again and again.

Homicides, which surged during 2020, have been plunging.

A few suggestions from our staff.

The outrage over new pronouns fundamentally misunderstands how language works.

Readers discuss the congressman’s defeat. Also: Donald Trump’s Deep State; anti-obesity drugs; A.I. and our data; choosing baby names.

Upending decades of precedent, the court’s conservatives make it much harder for important agencies to do their jobs.

The celebrated show is both a product of our unhealthy obsession with toxic restaurant culture and a potential remedy for it.

A debate before the debate.

When the two candidates square off, we can expect disorientation, dizziness and much else.

To win on Thursday, Biden will have to override his instincts and defy the constraints and conventions of presidential debates.

The stakes in Thursday’s debate are high, and so is the risk of failure.

The left’s narcissism of small differences hands mainstream positions to Republicans.

The stakes in Thursday’s debate are high, and so is the risk of failure.