Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we …
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Turns Out, G.D.P. Doesn’t Buy Happiness
According to the 2025 World Happiness Report, which was released last month, the happiest country in the world is Finland, trailed closely by Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. This news came as no surprise. The report, released annually since 2012 by a …
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My Father Founded Singapore. He Wouldn’t Like What It’s Become.
My father, Lee Kuan Yew, was the founder of Singapore. He guided the nation through its first 31 years with a firm hand as prime minister, pioneering a system of government that some have called benevolent autocracy. His People’s Action Party …
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100 Days: Report Cards on Trump
More from our inbox: State Dept. CutsThe End of a ConversationCredit…Eric Lee/The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Trump Is Going Too Far in Amassing His Power, Most Voters in Poll Say” (front page, April 26): The New York Times/Siena College poll …
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Peter Yarrow’s Manhattan Duplex Is Listed at $4.44 Million
The longtime Upper West Side home of Peter Yarrow, who rose to fame as part of the popular folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, is being sold by his estate, nearly four months after his death from bladder cancer. The asking price for the apartment, a …
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On a Swedish Lakeside, Four Cubes Add Up to One House
Patrik and Anna Johall searched for years to find an escape in nature, as a getaway from their primary home in Boras, Sweden. “Even when we met and were very young, Patrik had a dream about having a house by the lake,” said Ms. Johall, now 50, the …
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Which Is More Dangerous, Trump Triumphant or Trump in Trouble?
The window of opportunity that allowed President Trump to overwhelm his adversaries with an onslaught of executive orders dismantling core American institutions is closing. Public opinion has turned against him, the economy is faltering, the Supreme …
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There Are Limits to What the Courts Can Do in the Face of Trump’s Legal Onslaught
For weeks Americans have been debating whether we’re facing a constitutional crisis. My answer, for the record, is that we are. But perhaps more than a constitutional crisis, we’re in a rule of law crisis. And while the courts are caught in the …
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Abundance and the Left
transcript Abundance and the Left Saikat Chakrabarti and Zephyr Teachout offer their perspectives on why America struggles to build. It is a wild thing to release a book into the world. “Abundance,” the book I co-wrote with Derek Thompson, has been …
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