David Swerdlick
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@nytopinion.nytimes.com sr. staff editor. Listen to your friend Billy Zane.
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Costco Sues Trump Administration for Refund of Tariffs
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December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Opinion | Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan
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December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Opinion | ‘We Are Going to Have to Fight Three Wars’
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December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Opinion | It Is Time to Bury Franco’s Ghost
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November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The 52 definitive rules of flying
A handbook for behaving like a civilized person, from airport arrival to landing.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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D.C. Shooting Live Updates: Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House
The police said one suspect was in custody. President Trump, who is in Florida, said the suspect also had been shot.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Breaking News: A suspect is in custody after two National Guard members were shot near the White House, local and federal officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/49BJwZs
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Opinion | Taiwan’s president: I will boost defense spending to protect our democracy
An unprecedented military buildup by China threatens peace and stability in the region.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
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November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth
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November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Not exactly a hot take but my Thanksgiving table is not complete without boereg.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Not exactly a hot take but my Thanksgiving table is not complete without boereg.
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U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza
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November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
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November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Opinion | Trump Is Down Again. His Way Back Up This Time Is Not So Clear.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Opinion | Trump Is Mired in a War of Attrition
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November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Manhattans in Brooklyn, and 25 Must-Try Cocktails in New York City
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
The 28-point proposal would require Kyiv to surrender territory, reduce the size of its army and relinquish some weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
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Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
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November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’
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November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Donald Trump has now officially passed Obama's eight-year total of rounds of golf — in less than five years. I've added a chart to my tracker of Trump's golf/property visits to show just how far past Obama he's getting.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Donald Trump has now officially passed Obama's eight-year total of rounds of golf — in less than five years. I've added a chart to my tracker of Trump's golf/property visits to show just how far past Obama he's getting.
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Opinion | Who’s Afraid of Tucker Carlson? I Can Think of Two People.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August
The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.