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The President caused a crisis in NATO and deepened European distrust toward the U.S. to end up with basically the same set of options that existed months ago.

The cast of the musical, now at Lincoln Center, visits the Morgan Library to check out all the treasures that would have been lost if the plot had gone another way.

The Olympic figure skater and all-American girl has overcome a lot, besides Tonya Harding. But, at a holiday ice show on Long Island, she still sparkles.

Not everyone can be Shakespeare. That’s why a photo-free dating app is holding a workshop for users to polish their love language.

Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.

A shocking act of political violence exposed the cult’s deep influence.

After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.

David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards the attention it demands.

“Departure(s),” “Jean,” “Just Watch Me,” and “Volga Blues.”

Why Western writers have shrouded the history of Rapa Nui in myth and mystery.

In his centenary year, the increasingly revered composer offers an uneasy refuge from the algorithmic din.

During the President’s second term, he and his staff have made the media briefing his signature rhetorical form.

“It should be thistle-covered, / a labor of thunder bent / through it.”