Opinion | The Deeper Problem Behind General Milley’s ‘Secret Phone Calls’

A story about the Joint Chiefs chairman near the end of Trump’s presidency may not be as bad as it sounds. But there’s still cause for concern.

Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power

In “Peril,” Woodward and his co-writer Robert Costa take readers up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the early days of the Biden administration.

6 New Books on the Pandemic, #MeToo and Other Timely Topics

“The 1619 Project” expands its Pulitzer Prize-winning argument about our nation’s origins, Huma Abedin reflects on her life, and other titles imagine our post-Covid future.

Fears That Trump Might Launch a Strike Prompted General to Reassure China, Book Says

In a sign of his concerns, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer also gathered commanders to remind them of the safeguards in the nuclear launch procedures.

Fears That Trump Might Launch a Strike Prompted General to Reassure China, Book Says

In a sign of his concerns, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer also gathered commanders to remind them of the safeguards in the nuclear launch procedures.