I am one of millions of people still fighting to regain their full health months after surviving Covid-19. But this is not a story about sickness. This is a story about the small army of people who are helping me heal. There are the pulmonologists, a team of two brilliant, brave women who have treated […]

A tour of the major trends, from Covid-19 spread to political polarization, that affected Americans this year. By Steven Rattner Graphics by Lalena Fisher Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. Lalena Fisher is a graphics editor for The Times. If 2019 was the Year of Trump, then 2020 […]

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. “No realistic path” for a quick vote on $2,000 stimulus checks, Mitch McConnell says. The U.S. vaccine campaign is off to a slow start. But first: Brexit. More than four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, new travel and trade […]

The vote on a long-awaited Brexit deal. By Natasha Frost Good morning. It’s the last day of the year. We’re covering new trade deals between the E.U. and both Britain and China, and Britain’s approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine. A long-awaited Brexit deal, finally in motion More than four years after Britain voted to leave […]

Look no further than the storied Rose Bowl game to understand the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s disingenuous and perilous posturing about the sanctity of its athletics programs while the coronavirus has ravaged the country and college campuses. Ignoring health officials who have deemed the annual playoff matchup too dangerous to be held on New Year’s […]

My hospital, along with hundreds of others across the country, recently began to administer the first Covid-19 vaccines. My social media feed is filled with pictures of friends and colleagues, sleeves rolled up, writing about how much this vaccination means to them. In an otherwise dark year, it’s a moment of hope. And yet, not […]

President Trump recently tweeted that “the ‘Justice’ Department and FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud,” followed by these more ominous lines: “Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.” The unmistakable reference is to the day Congress will count the Electoral College’s votes, with Vice President Mike Pence […]

To the Editor: The suggestions for pardon reform in “How to Repair the Pardon Process” (editorial, Dec. 24) don’t mention the most important change to the pardon power absent a constitutional amendment: The Supreme Court should rule that the president lacks the power to pardon a person not convicted. That change alone would go far […]

To the Editor: Re “Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi” (nytimes.com, Dec. 17): Thank you for shining a light on the dangers that children in India face each day from air pollution. The powerful story of Monu and Aamya reveals how this often invisible threat is constant in the homes, schools and […]

On the fourth floor at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., one of the women in Vitals calls my 11-year-old daughter “TikTok.” As in, “Hey, TikTok, what’s happening today?” Then she asks her to get on the scale. It is disarmingly kind, this casual nod to life beyond oncology. My daughter’s name is Orli. […]