A new collection of works by David McCullough helps put our tumultuous times in perspective.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-need-to-know-history-especially-now-politics-policy-public-standards-dbb73889
Trump’s cabinet members tirelessly serve his agenda—except this one.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-s-goat-rodeo-70dbcb8a
He was arrested and held for hours over three tweets expressing disapproval of transgenderism.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/britains-speech-police-nab-comedian-graham-linehan-d0c269b4
A judge says Trump’s funding freeze broke the law, but he won’t quit.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-harvard-judge-allison-burroughs-first-amendment-4c00709e
The health secretary can’t keep his vaccine story straight.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-operation-warp-speed-covid-vaccines-donald-trump-10f56acc
Pennsylvania’s undated ballots are still disputed after years of lawsuits.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pennsylvania-mail-voting-undated-ballots-supreme-court-josh-shapiro-38463825
The neighborhood where a child grows up matters much less to his success than what his parents do.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zip-code-is-destiny-turns-out-thats-bunk-a17fd9d9
The Great Barrier shrank over the past year but was bigger than ever in 2024.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reef-madness-a-baseless-coral-panic-fb81a244
Across the country, a wealth of evidence tells of a modest but real Christian revival.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/has-britain-stopped-secularizing-2b1aca65
It is a collective-action problem that requires the coordinated efforts of all the faculty, under the leadership of a wise administration with the correct goals.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/professors-cant-defeat-grade-inflation-alone-6db66935
If the president wants to make America healthy again, great. But he shouldn’t expect to do so with Mr. Kennedy at the helm, writes Sen. Bernie Sanders.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-s-dangerous-designs-for-public-health-fc317b53
Beijing’s strategy seeks to develop indigenous and controllable tech to achieve self-reliance from the West.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-wont-get-addicted-to-americas-chips-6bf872e6
… but the latest NFIB employment report also finds more owners handing out raises.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/job-openings-still-falling-at-small-firms-e15e07d4
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Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond.https://www.wired.com/story/model-welfare-artificial-intelligence-sentience/
After years of waiting for the sequel, a lot of fans trying to buy the game are getting error messages—and they’re not happy about it.https://www.wired.com/story/hollow-knight-silksong-is-already-causing-online-gaming-stores-to-crash/
The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html
Plus, your Friday news quiz.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/podcasts/the-headlines/department-of-war-government-shutdown.html
An influx of immigrants helped ease worker shortages, and now their expulsion is helping to mask the country’s weakening demand for labor.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/economy/jobs-immigration-deportations-hiring.html
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has prompted questions about political interference.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/jobs-data-reliability.html