The New York Times

How is your America doing? With the U.S. midterm elections less than four months away, Times Opinion wanted to hear from voters. Mara Gay, a staff writer for Opinion, traveled to the Hudson Valley to ask people what’s on their minds.

There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but bracing ourselves for what’s next.

“Trump rejects the idea that he can lose,” the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie says. As the president weaponizes the federal government to chase election conspiracies, Bouie warns that Trump will do anything to avoid “narcissistic injury” — even if it means dismantling the right to free and fair elections.

Readers react to President Trump’s speech. Also: Canada’s wildfires and the U.S.; ultrarich men who kidmax.

For decades, Democrats have misunderstood Latino voters. Trump’s deportation campaign offers a chance for them to get it right.

Hollywood thought it had lost young audiences to platforms like YouTube and Twitch. But Gen Z-ers are finding something at the movies they can’t find anywhere else.

The Trump White House and its history police want us all to live in their chosen bubble, immune from instability or perceived disorder.