In Ukraine, Russia is now using chemical weapons it once agreed to outlaw, the Editorial Board writes: wapo.st/3WuNXPh

This viral TikTok video has generated lies and poor arguments all thanks to a silly question, Megan McArdle writes. wapo.st/3Uyro9M

Something happens when the beliefs and ideas most fundamental to your worldview are challenged or fractured, Theodore R. Johnson writes. wapo.st/4dzZcM7

'Trump cannot afford to lose the aura of power, control and defiance he wields to keep his supporters entranced,' Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 writes.

'A weak, sleepy and docile Trump is not what drew them to the cult.' wapo.st/3JQRxLS

Netanyahu’s strong-arm tactics against Al Jazeera will signal that it’s no longer enough just to harrumph about unpleasant media coverage, ErikWemple writes. wapo.st/3yaXb9g

'The president’s comments betray a misconception about immigration both in a domestic and an international context.' #PostLetters wapo.st/44EYnO0

'As we surrender to the reality that, as we age, most of the systems of body and mind start to go on the fritz, we invite humility into our lives,' @AnneLamott writes.

'I am definitely running out of time, and I have (mostly) made peace with that.' wapo.st/4b6UFzk

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'What the nation will most need from the presidency in 2025 is less of it,' George F. Will writes.

'But both the incumbent and his predecessor intend to intensify the anti-constitutional executive aggrandizement that has become a bipartisan tradition.' wapo.st/4b7QVNY

'Trump knows from experience that it’s enough for him if Black voters sit on their hands,' Colbert I. King writes.

'That why the polls should make him smile. And should that happen, Blacks voters must share the blame for what comes next.' wapo.st/4byj6W5

'The online headline, 'They criticized Israel. This Twitter account upended their lives.,' did not accurately capture the remarks for which its subjects were condemned.'

Readers critique The Post: wapo.st/3UJkZbY

'Preventing farmworker infections and uncontrolled spread in mammals is key to stopping the virus from spreading more easily among humans,' Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, Lauren Sauer and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia write. wapo.st/4b3vuxu

For a candidate who moans nonstop about a “rigged” justice system, it looks more as though the deck is stacked in his favor, Dana Dana Milbank writes.

'Yet Trump may be sorry when his time in court comes to an end in a couple of weeks.' wapo.st/3QF5RuF

Journalists such as @RyanGrim and @Prem_Thakker of @TheIntercept and Akbar Shahid Ahmed of HuffPost have used their feeds to forcefully critique the accounts of American and Israeli officials about what’s happening in Gaza, @PerryBaconJr writes. wapo.st/3WASG1S

Trump may never go to prison. But his trial is a close second. My column on the scene in the courthouse, in Washington Post Opinions wapo.st/3QFT9vJ

Few politicians have been so sickeningly sycophantic or so transparently transactional as Tim Scott, @KathleenParker writes. wapo.st/4afHwCA

'Republicans, having fanned violence, demonized the FBI, insulted prosecutors and impugned judges, have the law-and-order problem,' Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 writes in her newsletter. wapo.st/4dtxKjn

The mothers of Ukraine need you, Олена Зеленська writes. wapo.st/3QCCbhZ

No one is forcing Republicans such as Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Elise Stefanik and Byron Donalds to pretend to believe Trump’s lies, Eugene Robinson writes.

Whatever happens in after Election Day, many leading Republicans deserve to share the blame. wapo.st/3UDZt8t

Over the past 25 years, there’s been a steep decline in people belonging to any type of church, synagogue or mosque.

But what is lost as people drift from religion?

Kate Cohen, Shadi Hamid and @PerryBaconJr discuss on the latest #ImpromptuPodcast : wapo.st/4b8mkQj