For You: Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

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February 18, 2025, 4:45 p.m. Eastern time News you may have missed C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders Europe's Leaders, Dazed by an Ally Acting Like an Adversary, Recalculate A Passenger Jet Flips and Burns, but This Time Tragedy Is Averted A Displaced Father Was Desperate to Return Home. He Never Made It. Go to homepage Guest Essays From Opinion Alexander Clapp The Story You've Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie The world's poorer nations have never stopped being receptacles for the West's rubbish. Allison Sweet Grant There's One Lie I Will Never Tell My Children It's "This won't hurt." Oren Cass The Fringe Cause That Could Derail the Republican Agenda Will these strategies do to Trump's presidency what they did to Biden's? Tim Donahue Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they'd have lacked the feeling part. Trevor W. Morrison and Richard H. Pildes This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them How the escalating measures available to courts would work. Tomorrow: From Personal Profiles Every day we'll feature stories from a different section. Check back daily. More to discover U.S. and Russia Pursue Partnership in a Head-Spinning Shift in Relations The two sides met in Saudi Arabia for their most extensive discussions in years. In addition to Ukraine, business ties were on the table. What We Know About the Toronto Plane Crash All 80 people aboard the Delta flight from Minneapolis clambered out of the plane, with 18 suffering injuries. Opinion | South Africa Is a Warning By closing their frontiers to migrants, rich countries risk destabilizing important nations across the globe. Is Fake Meat Better for You Than Real Meat? Here's what we do — and don't — know. Opinion | Refusing to Carry Out Trump's Flagrantly Dishonest Orders The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American government. How Trump's One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation. Oscars Rewind: How 'American Beauty' Lost Its Luster At the 2000 Academy Awards, the film won five Oscars, including best picture. Then came 9/11, a tanking economy and Kevin Spacey. Why Don't People Dress Up to Go Out Anymore? The informality that dominates in most public spaces today has been brewing for quite some time, our critic explains, and speaks to a broader cultural shift. Take a break, play a game The Mini Crossword Solve this bite-sized puzzle in just a few minutes. Spelling Bee How many words can you make with 7 letters? Wordle Guess the 5-letter word with 6 chances. See all our games Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for For You from The New York Times. To stop receiving For You, unsubscribe. To opt out of other promotional emails from The Times, including those regarding The Athletic, manage your email settings. To opt out of updates and offers sent from The Athletic, submit a request. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018