David Leonhardt: 'By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It's Probably Too Late'
On this episode, Patrick Healy and David Leonhardt discuss President Trump’s attempts to remake higher education and argue that higher education should reform itself first.Thoughts? Email us at theopi...
27 Mar 202530min
The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle
In this episode, the New York Times Opinion columnist David French breaks down the security concerns behind the Trump administration’s military discussions on the Signal app and the consequences such ...
26 Mar 202510min
The Claim Trump Is Making That ‘Could Break the American System’
More than two months into his second term, President Donald Trump is testing the limits of the U.S. Constitution. But which of his executive actions are legally sound, and which defy constitutional pr...
24 Mar 202529min
Tom Friedman: Trump Is a ‘Small Man in a Big Time’
President Trump has been operating with complete impunity and disregard for American institutions. In this episode, the Times Opinion deputy editor Patrick Healy and the columnist Thomas L. Freidman d...
20 Mar 202520min
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
What does it look like when some of the world’s richest men withdraw assistance for the world’s poorest women and children? After Elon Musk claimed no one had died from cuts to American foreign aid sp...
19 Mar 202511min
Measles, MAHA Moms and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A measles outbreak in West Texas has claimed two lives, and President Trump’s secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is spreading false claims about the disease and the vaccine...
17 Mar 202517min
They Saved Taxpayers Billions. Trump Fired Them Anyway.
Inspectors general are our government watchdogs. They root out corruption and check for fraud and inefficiencies — all things President Trump has claimed to want to do. And yet, when he took office, h...
13 Mar 202510min
'Is the Destruction the Point?': Three Opinion Writers on Trump's First 50 Days
President Donald Trump is about halfway through his first 100 days in office. In this episode of The Opinions, Patrick Healy talks with the columnist Michelle Goldberg and contributor Frank Bruni abou...
12 Mar 202530min
