Readers are aghast at the planned execution. Also: North Korea’s crimes; Venezuela’s gold; the search for a leader; feeding the birds; making e-bikes safer.

The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded that Israel is guilty of the “crime of crimes” in Gaza.

Nations are rediscovering choke points as a foreign policy strategy. They should use them sparingly.

If we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.

The computer scientist Arvind Narayanan explains that just because A.I. is intelligent doesn’t necessarily mean it’s powerful.

The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.

Many Israelis are hopeful that a new government would ease the growing distance between their country and the rest of the world.

What to make of the president’s uptick in profanity?

Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Simon Critchley about why philosophy matters in the age of A.I. Also: Watching Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Rewriting the rules for counting the population is yet another way to marginalize minorities.

America is not prepared for a major disease outbreak.

Welcome to the postliterate era.

We are unable to recognize and critique bad behavior outside of a narrow definition of criminal sex.

The real-world consequences of the Roberts court are coming into view.

Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.

A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.

With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.

Readers react to President Trump’s “take out Los Angeles” remark and his ethics flaws. Also: Climate risk; colleges and A.I.

Our fate may be very well be in the hands of Jensen Huang.

David Robinson, who wrote OpenAI’s safety protocols, resigned last week over safety concerns.

In Texas and Iowa, Democrats are successfully tying universal school vouchers to corruption.

America has let go of its maritime edge at its own peril.

A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.

Vladimir Putin wants Europe to turn off its support to Ukraine, and he’s becoming more blatant in his warnings.

Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.

In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

Readers respond to The Times’s coverage of the Cornell rape investigation and the history of sexual assault on campuses.

Republican and Democratic voters are seeing masculinity and femininity very differently.

However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.

Meta is crushing small online businesses by charging more for less effective ads, a sign of its extraordinary grip on the market.

A.I. doesn’t have to be a disruptive force, least of all when it comes to government services.

What it will take for Israel to overcome the ghosts of Oct. 7.

Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.

Brazil is fertile ground for authoritarian politics, no matter who wins this election.

Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Roger Rosenblatt about holding hands. Also: Ads praising President Trump; my phones, smart and dumb.

Americans are divided in their politics but not as sports fans.

It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?

What is the future of the conservative movement?

More than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.

The lead vocalist in Wilco reflects on what Guthrie wrote in The Times in 1943.

What Ada Lovelace can teach us as we develop artificial intelligence.

Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats.

Assisted dying accounts for more than 5 percent of deaths in Canada.

There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics.