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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz marks a shift in strategy—but not necessarily in outcome.

Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV reveals that to him, religion is primarily about power, not morality.

Trump and Vance chose to go all in on Hungary, and now they share in the loss.

Supporters of Hungary’s Tisza party and its lead candidate, Péter Magyar, celebrated in the streets of Budapest after soundly defeating Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party in a general election, removing the autocratic Orbán from office after 16 years.

The conflict will affect the economy in ways that most Americans still do not understand.

On fearlessness, the limitations of any one narrative, and what a history of Black comedy can and can’t show

How elderly Americans amassed disproportionate wealth and power

Step one: Abolish the estate tax. No, really.

Feisty children can be exhausting. They also possess a moral fire that deserves cultivating.

She arrived at the Department of Justice with radical changes in mind. One year later, she has completely reshaped the Civil Rights Division.

On the teen drama’s third season, adulthood brings only more misery.

If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

Viktor Orbán had support from Moscow and Washington, but not from his own people.

A goofy sketch captured the grandeur of the Artemis II mission, but also something bittersweet.

A poem

Why did Gretchen Whitmer go soft on Trump?

After many decades of democratization, higher education could once again become a luxury good.

Anybody who enjoys an engrossing story will appreciate these movies about real life.

The joy of playing tag and creating secret languages has persisted across time and place.

Panelists joined to discuss the effects of the conflict on America’s allies, and more.

A few glowing roadside numerals set the national mood.

First a shot to lose weight, then a pill to keep it off.

Let’s hope so.

Turning the cease-fire into a longer stalemate is a matter of political will.

The Christophers starts as the tale of a forgery, but ends as an intimate meditation on art.