The New York Times

‘We’re all tired, we want to go home. But we want to take all of the regions, so that we don’t have to struggle for them in the future.’

As Donald Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities and restricts what can be studied, other nations are hoping to pick up talent that has been cast aside.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two Chinas inhabit the American imagination: One is a technology and manufacturing superpower poised to lead the world. The other is an economy that’s on the verge of collapse.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: There are very few initiatives Donald Trump has undertaken since coming to office that I agree with — except in the Middle East. Here’s why.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As the Trump administration has withdrawn most foreign assistance globally, it has undercut a deal designed, in part, to curtail the flow of drugs to the United States.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: I had forgotten how exhausting it is to live in Donald Trump’s world. He’s not only a political figure. He creates a psychological and social atmosphere that suffuses the whole culture.

Former vice president Kamala Harris has waded back into the conversation with an affirmation of Democratic frustrations, in a speech her camp billed as her most extensive remarks since leaving Washington.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The election of an African pope would most likely usher in an era of conservatism, in line with the traditional views of many African Catholics.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order. And in 100 days, he has made remarkable progress in accomplishing that goal.

New details have emerged about pilot errors and technology failures that contributed to one of the worst aviation disasters in American history.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Israel has used the war in Gaza to rapidly test and deploy Artificial Intelligence-backed military technologies to a degree that had not been seen before.

Ukraine’s leadership has drafted a counterproposal to a Trump administration plan that has drawn criticism for conceding too much to Russia.

DAVID BROOKS: The Trump administration is like a supercar with 1,000 horsepower, and its opponents have been coasting around on mopeds.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pope Francis was a version of the liberal pope that many Catholics had earnestly desired all through the long reign of John Paul II and the shorter one of Benedict XVI.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US President Donald Trump may be more dangerous to his own side of a trade war than to the other guy.