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In public discourse, we spend a great deal of collective energy debating the accuracy of facts. We fact-check politicians, monitor social media for misinformation, and prioritize data-driven ...

In France, foreign policy falls within what is commonly referred to as the president of the republic’s domaine réservé (reserved domain). Since taking office, President Emmanuel Macron has never ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. You can chart 2025’s biggest and most important life sciences topics through the most read First Opinion essays of the year: vaccines, health insurance ...

No, really. Think about that for a moment, if you can break away from your responsibilities, anxieties and burdens. Putting all that aside, are you happy? That's a version of what we asked the USA ...

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between the president’s interests and what matters to Americans. By Frank Bruni Aaron Retica and Bret Stephens Produced by Derek Arthur Bret ...

You want to know what the best part of my job is? I'm lucky enough to be the editor of USA TODAY's Opinion team, so you know that picking my favorite part is hard. It's not. I get the most joy out of ...

This Pew Research Center report examines whether AI-generated survey data can accurately duplicate the results of high-quality public opinion polls. We conducted this methodological experiment to ...