Bill Carter

CBS Cancels Itself, Not Just Colbert

In shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.

Jean-Marc Dreyfus

France Has a New Picture of the Holocaust

A new collection of propaganda photos shows the first roundup of Jews in Paris, in 1941.

Carla Sosenko

How the Jerks I Grew Up With on Long Island Took Over the Country

I noticed that a lot of TV villains come from the town I grew up in. I wasn’t surprised.

Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

The Trump Dumpster Fire Is Lit

When MAHA turns into HAHA.

Binyamin Appelbaum and James Robinson

The Damage of ‘Trump Math’ Is Adding Up

Authoritarians go after data. The president has already started.

How a Secretive Firm Tried (and Failed) to Fix an Epstein Friend’s Tattered Image

Terakeet, a reputation management firm, used online tricks to downplay the friendship of the Goldman Sachs general counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It wasn’t enough.

Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet

The influential polling analysis site was shut down last year, but an earlier archived version, fivethirtyeight.com, had lived on. Now the site is redirecting users to ABC News.

He’s Been Impeached and Indicted. He Has a Chance in Texas’s Senate Race.

The fate of Ken Paxton, the conservative Texas firebrand, could decide whether Republicans keep control of the Senate.

Hegseth Campaigns for Trump Loyalist in Kentucky House Race

The campaign appearance was an extraordinary breach of military decorum, even for Mr. Hegseth, who has stretched the boundaries of partisan politics as defense secretary.

To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch

The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.