Bad Bunny on stage during his residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Aug. 9, 2025. Is Bad Bunny’s comparison of Puerto Rico and Hawaii in his song “Hawaii” an apt one? Contributing columnist Gregorio Igartúa has his doubts. (Amy Lombard/The New York Times) By GREGORIO IGARTÚA Special to The STAR In his song “Hawaii,” singer Bad Bunny presents a misleading narrative about the historical relationship between Hawaii and the United States. He als

Nicholas Fuentes, the notorious white nationalist social media personality, in his streaming studio on Sept. 8, 2025. An increasing number of conservatives fear that their movement has been and is being completely redefined -- not just in President Donald Trump’s image, but in Fuentes’ and right-wing podcaster and former TV host Tucker Carlson’s as well. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By DAVID FRENCH Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, must be co

A youth is fed a supplemental meal at a nutrition center in Damasak, Nigeria on Nov. 20, 2024. USAID was for decades the lynchpin of a global supply chain that has made and distributed ready-to-use therapeutic food. The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the agency has left thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS KRISTOF I have great news for President Donald Trump! He has expressed such outrage at attacks on

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, at a campaign event where she was joined by former President Barack Obama in Newark, on Nov. 1, 2025. (Damon Winter/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump is a phenomenally effective vote-winner, capable of turning out millions of otherwise infrequent voters to deliver the White House and Congress to the Republican Party. But as president, Trump has been an

A photo provided by the National Photo Company Collection/Library of Congress shows from left, Rep. Willis Hawley (R-Ore.) and Sen. Reed Smoot (R-Utah. (National Photo Company Collection/Library of Congress via The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS In one of the great scenes of one of the great gangster movies, Mike Newell’s “Donnie Brasco,” an aging Mafioso named Lefty Ruggiero paces a hospital corridor while his son fights for his life following a drug overdose. “Twenty-eigh

The hand of President Donald Trump, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN As a real estate developer, Donald Trump is deeply familiar with the three keys to success in that industry: location, location and location. Geopolitics, it turns out, also has three keys to success: leverage, leverage and leverage. But it’s not the kind of leverage (i.e., debt) that Trump love

Adelita Grijalva, the Democratic representative-elect from Arizona, in Tucson on Oct. 24, 2025. (Jesse Rieser/The New York Times) By MICHELLE COTTLE Starting a new job can be hard. And stressful. You want to hit the ground running. You want to make a good first impression. You want to reassure the people who hired you that they made the right decision. At this point, Adelita Grijalva, the Democratic representative-elect from Arizona, is just grateful to have a key to her offi

People wait in line at Grace Place Soup Kitchen in Monroe, La., on Oct. 29 2025. The president said a lapse in SNAP funding would “largely” hurt Democrats. But interruptions to the program will also affect Republicans. (Rory Doyle/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Donald Trump has played fast and loose with federal law during the current government shutdown to fund the things he considers important. He has found ways to pay military service members and FBI