Stefan Merrill Block

Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right

Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving or even just check on me.

New York Times Opinion and Maisie Cowell

600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13.

We asked readers to tell us about the most memorable presents they’ve received.

Michael Hirschorn

The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV

The first rule of dark money is to quit blabbing about it. Did they think people would thank them for it?

E. J. Dionne Jr.

Trump Confronts a Backlash of the Reasonable

An explanation for the sharp decline in President Trump’s approval ratings.

Laura Field

The 77-Year-Old Book That Helps Explain the MAGA New Right

To really understand what is happening today, we must understand the ideology and thinkers behind the MAGA New Right.

Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and concluded that Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.

Opinion | Europe Is in Decline. Good.

Demotion need not be traumatic.

She Was Discovered on the Subway. Then She Walked a Chanel Runway.

After Bhavitha Mandava appeared in the luxury house’s latest show, she became the most talked-about model of the season. She’s as surprised about it as everyone else.

Ukraine Says It Hit a Submarine With Underwater Drones

As it tried to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port.

The 52 Best Breakup Lines(Said in Real Life)

To mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other.