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Ukraine’s Offensive Could Set Stage for Diplomacy With Russia, U.S. Officials Say

Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive against Russia has overshadowed talk of a potential negotiated settlement in the conflict, but some U.S. and European officials say the...

Opinion | There’s no mystery about why the U.S. has so many gun deaths

Comment on this storyCommentThe tragic mass shooting last weekend in a Dallas suburb took place as I was leaving the country to...

U.S. Faces ‘Significant Risk’ of Running Out of Cash in June, C.B.O. Warns

The Congressional Budget Office said on Friday that there was a “significant risk” that the federal government could run out of cash sometime...

Opinion | Where’s the beef? Here’s why the fake meat fad sizzled out.

Comment on this storyCommentcorrectionAn earlier version of this editorial misstated the percentage of repeat customers for alternative meat. In 2022, 63 percent of...

Opinion | Limiting what novelists can write about won’t help readers

Comment on this storyComment“Fiction is where I go to tell the truth,” the late, great Pat Conroy once said. In his acclaimed novels,...

Wendy Sherman, U.S. Diplomat Known for ‘Hard Conversations in Hard Places,’ to Retire

After Russia had amassed 100,000 troops by Ukraine’s borders in what appeared to be preparations for an invasion, the Biden administration sent one...

Opinion | How to reckon with the cult of the gun

Comment on this storyCommentThe French-Cuban writer Anaïs Nin made a number of astute observations about the character of the United States. In her...

Why P-22 Is Still Everywhere in Los Angeles

Before P-22 died in December, I’ll admit I was only vaguely aware that there was a mountain lion living in Griffith Park.I had...

Opinion | What Joe Biden needs to say to Howard’s Class of 2023

Comment on this storyCommentOn Saturday, President Biden will become the seventh sitting U.S. president to deliver a Howard University commencement address. I was...

Opinion | Why McConnell won’t take the bait on the debt limit

Comment on this storyCommentClarity is a wonderful thing. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) almost always speaks directly to an issue. Lately, the...

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