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1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jamelle Bouie |Michelle Cottle |Derek Arthur

Opinion|Trump Is Vulnerable. Democrats Still Need a Strategy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/trump-immigration-deportations.htmlYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The OpinionsThree Opinion writers on why Trump’s deportations might be backfiring. June 21, 2025, 7:02 a.m. ETVideotranscripttranscriptTrump Is Vulnerable. Democrats Still Need a Strategy.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Megan K. Stack |Derek Arthur

David French and Megan K. Stack on why Trump's many promises to end the conflict "in 24 hours" was a fantasy. After speaking with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Wednesday, President Trump said Moscow plans to retaliate against Ukraine for the country's drone strike over the weekend. Despite Trump's ambitious campaign promises, an end to the war still seems far away. On this episode of "The Opinions," the columnist David French joins Megan K.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Krista Mahr |Nicholas Kristof |Lydia Polgreen |Derek Arthur

Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down. With President Trump meeting with heads of state in the Middle East this week, the Times Opinion senior international editor Krista Mahr sat down with the columnists Lydia Polgreen and Nick Kristof to talk about how the president is emboldening leaders of all kinds worldwide, and what relationships they're most worried about.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Gail Collins |Bret Stephens |Aaron Retica |Derek Arthur

After eight years of weekly chats, one more for the road. The Conversation has been a staple of The Times's Opinion pages since 2017. But after eight years, the weekly dialogue between the liberal columnist Gail Collins and her conservative colleague Bret Stephens has come to an end. The editor Aaron Retica joins Gail and Bret to answer reader questions and discuss how they've managed years of civil conversations - for the first and last time in audio.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle |Jamelle Bouie |Derek Arthur

Another week, another show of contempt for the rule of law. Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported because of an "administrative error," back to his home in Maryland. But, so far, the administration has not complied.