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The former New Jersey governor is entering the Republican primary raring for a fight, but voters don’t seem to be looking for one.

Thanks to AI, every painting can now have an expanded border, every minor character a ChatGPT-written spinoff series.

On Sunday, half a million Poles marched to defend the country’s democracy against a ruling party that has just granted itself ominous new powers.

The first five months of 2023 have produced an encouraging overall trend for the first time in years.

How should colleges and universities replace affirmative action if the Supreme Court does indeed strike it down?

These titles represent an eclectic mix of various styles and moods, but any one of them will be exactly right if you want a brainteaser.

Tunisia was the best case, Sudan the last hope, Syria the bloodiest of all: The countries that not long ago sparked optimism for a democratic wave in the Arab world have descended into dictatorship, and Washington shouldn’t ignore them.

A new collection of Charles Portis’s work makes the case for his place in the American canon.

China is a more formidable adversary than the Soviet Union ever was, and the world is less divisible.

Asking a neighborhood or municipality to bear the responsibility for a housing crisis is asking for failure.

In Across the Spider-Verse, even more thrilling than the dazzling visuals is the hero’s bold psychological journey.

Big Tech’s warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their products have caused.

Things are finally looking up for the American worker. Why does the government see that as a crisis?

The U.S. is returning to a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make something a universal right, try making it an employee benefit.

CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?

Ernie Pyle understood that the war would be won, or lost, in the realm of steel, dirt, and blood.

Russia’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by European countries.

A diving championship in England, Darth Vader on trial in Chile, Manhattanhenge in New York City, a graduation ceremony at West Point, ongoing floods in northern Italy, and much more

The surgeon general issued a warning about social media’s impact on teens. What do we know about the research?

To Nicole Holofcener, the writer-director of You Hurt My Feelings, every partnership is about figuring out “when to speak up and when to shut up.”

Trump’s fear of damaging press was so much greater than his fear of criminal accountability that he ended up making an incriminating recording.