New York Times

• How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

  Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

• Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press.

  The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.

• In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind

  As Xi Jinping arrives in the United States this week for a state visit, China’s advances in artificial intelligence will be in the air. Less discussed: China’s economy in its worst shape in decades.

• A.I. Gone Rogue? Trump Proposes Not New Rules but an ‘A.I. Force.’

  The president proposed a follow-up to his Space Force but continued to dismiss worries about A.I.’s pace or potential for harm.

• In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

  A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.