Secretary of Health and Human Service Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event with President Donald Trump. Explore how truth persists despite the Trump administration’s lies, political deception and unfounded attacks on science. Defending truth remains paramount. ERIC LEE NYT

In times like these, it is important to remember that truth endures. Despite lies and cover-ups, there are facts. Yes, there are secret files, information silos and political attacks on science and history. But truth persists despite the conspiratorial mania of the present moment.

As Winston Smith, the protagonist of George Orwell’s “1984 ,” put it, “If you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” It isn’t easy to cling to truth in a world where truth is assaulted and expertise i

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