December 28, 2025, 4:42 p.m. Eastern time
This newsletter includes coverage you might be interested in, based on what you've read. It might also include stories that are local to you.
The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.
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As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.
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Readers reflect on a column by David French on religious belief. Also, A Trump order bullies states on A.I.
Readers fault Democrats for stalling a report on their 2024 failures. Also: A lawyer’s faith in freedom; a rabbi responds to JD Vance’s claim of a Christian nation.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
A fitting poem for a transformative year.
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Readers offer personal stories in response to a guest essay critical of home-schooling.
Once living room eyesores, the functional chairs have been revamped.
Agnes Gund owned the beloved artwork for 41 years. Its proceeds helped her fund criminal justice reform.
Here are some of the most creative, amusing and memorable ways that couples who married in 2025 popped the question.
Plus, the long-lost art of the direct confrontation.
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