For You from Opinion: The Coming Trump Crackup
Plus, A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
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January 26, 2026, 4:40 p.m. Eastern time

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A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
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Ezra Klein

Trump Just Proved Carney’s Point

Canada’s prime minister sees the president all too well.

Thomas L. Friedman

Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language

When ICE and Hamas start looking the same, we are all in trouble.

Michelle Goldberg

Two Comedians Told the Truth About Jasmine Crockett’s Campaign

Progressives shouldn’t let a retrograde style of internet discourse inhibit them from pointing out the obvious.

Maureen Dowd

The Un-American President

Our national mosaic, crushed beneath the ICE.

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Opinion | The Harry Potter Generation Needs to Grow Up

The wizarding worldview is naïve.

Washington Post Tears Up Plans to Cover Winter Olympics

The abrupt change in direction came just weeks before the Olympic Games are set to begin in Italy.

An A.I. Pioneer Warns the Tech ‘Herd’ Is Marching Into a Dead End

Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.

The Year of Manufacturing the Body. And Booty. And Boobs.

Fashion has begun exaggerating, or distorting, the female form like never before. What exactly is going on?

Gunmen Kill 11 After Soccer Match in Mexico

The mass shooting occurred in an area fought over by drug cartels, just as the Mexican government has sought to show Washington that it is combating criminal groups.

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