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Emily Witt on the June, 2025, anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles; Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines; and the responses of Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom.
Susan B. Glasser on President Donald Trump’s upcoming military parade, in Washington, D.C., and his armed crackdown in Los Angeles against protests over immigration raids.
Isaac Chotiner talks to the editor-in-chief of Haaretz about how President Trump enabled Israel to carry out an attack on Iran’s nuclear and military facilities.
Crisis has become the norm in Israel, but this time feels different. Is it a victory, or the start of a new war?
Antonia Hitchens on President Donald Trump’s military parade, in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the U.S. Army.
On its first American tour, the British jangle-rock band with a cheeky-dirtbag edge is trying to unite the states, one gig at a time, Nick Paumgarten writes.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Aaron David Miller, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on how Donald Trump could drag the U.S. into Israel’s war against Iran.
Without Elon Musk, what is the Department of Government Efficiency going to do?
There is no overestimating the triumphalism in the Israeli Prime Minister’s circle, but the cascading effects of the war being waged on Iran are still unfolding.
Emily Witt reports on loved ones grappling with the unimaginable, as communities across Southern California document and protest the escalating raids.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Nicole Grajewski, the author of the book “Russia and Iran,” about the tenuous Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement.
The HBO series is peppered with references to real-life personages and historical events—but it lacks the anything-goes energy of the era in which it’s set.
The President’s flirtation with another forever war threatened to fracture his coalition, alienating the likes of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson
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The movement has survived all sorts of political stress tests, Jon Allsop writes, but there’s one schism that could actually pose a problem.
With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level. Grace Byron reports.
John Cassidy writes about a prominent progressive economist who argues that Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform, and its focus on affordability, meets the moment.
Rarely have so many members of Congress voted for a measure they so actively disliked, Susan Glasser writes.
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, the former Treasury Secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve discusses the budget bill, the exploding deficit, and why Donald Trump is so desperate for lower interest rates.
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, the staff writer explains the political implications of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Elon Musk’s latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop, Jon Allsop writes.
Elizabeth Kolbert on how, even as the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
Trump rode the paranoid style of MAGA politics to power. Has he discovered that he can’t control it?
Rob Wolfe writes about the policy of “institutional restraint” pursued by Sian Beilock, the president of Dartmouth College, in her dealings with student protests and Donald Trump’s Administration.
In Boston, a Reagan appointee is on pace to get to the bottom of the campaign against Mahmoud Khalil and others the Administration wants to deport over their activism.
Vinson Cunningham on CBS’s decision to end the series, announced days after Paramount, its parent company, settled a lawsuit over “60 Minutes” with President Donald Trump and completed a sale to Skydance Media.
A Washington, D.C., improv theatre invited recently laid-off civil servants to a free workshop, Sadie Dingfelder writes. The goals: stay adaptable, and maybe even laugh.
Margaret Talbot reviews “Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America,” by Sarah Gold McBride.
Isaac Chotiner speaks with Michael Milshtein about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, jointly run by the I.D.F. and the U.S., and the dangers it poses to Palestinian lives.
The willingness of both political parties to use rhetoric of paranoia about the Jeffrey Epstein files illustrates how intertwined our politics have become with conspiracy theories.
When the reality-TV President needed to outfit his martial procession, organizers turned to props once used by Mel Gibson, Paul Giamatti, and a Dodge car commercial, Alex Carp writes.
Susan Glasser on Donald Trump’s changing stance on the starvation and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood, Jr., says the Administration’s attacks on late-night comedy are a game of “stupid whack-a-mole.”
Elizabeth Kolbert on the Trump Administration’s plan to revoke the “endangerment finding,” which has long formed the basis of federal limits on carbon pollution.
Françoise Mouly speaks with the artist Amy Sherald about her cover for the August 11, 2025, issue of The New Yorker.
Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate rows of masked federal agents. Mark Peterson’s photo portfolio documents these harrowing encounters, with reporting from Jordan Salama.
Kyle Chayka on how safety rules that require users to verify their identities before gaining access to sites could end the relative anonymity that we’ve come to expect online.
David D. Kirkpatrick estimates the profits from the Trump family’s ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, cryptocurrencies, N.F.T.s, and other businesses, and concludes that the President’s net worth has risen by billions of dollars.
John Cassidy on the echoes of the dot-com era in the economy, as the stock prices of Big Tech companies continue to rise and eye-popping I.P.O.s reëmerge.
Readers respond to Ava Kofman’s Profile of Curtis Yarvin, Malcolm Gladwell’s review of “Unforgiving Places,” and Hilton Als’s review of “Superfine,” at the Met.
On The Political Scene Podcast: Whether or not Trump can fulfill his promise of deporting one million people in a year, the nation should be concerned about the harm done—and rights violated—en route to that goal.
A profile of Donald Trump’s Attorney General, who has become a MAGA target for her handling of the Justice Department’s Epstein files while supporting the President’s focus on immigration, D.E.I., and political revenge. Ruth Marcus reports.
There was a certain awful predictability about the F.B.I.’s Friday-morning raids targeting the former Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton.
In a Miami studio where the Eagles and Bob Marley recorded, a choir of pardoned Capitol rioters tries to “reclaim” the national anthem, Charles Bethea writes.
Bill McKibben writes that the Trump Administration’s irrational dislike of solar and wind energy imperils both the environment and the economy.
The former President’s support for Israel abetted a humanitarian catastrophe. But Jacob Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the country, still thinks that the Trump White House could learn from its predecessor.
On The Political Scene Podcast: Donald Trump’s unpopularity hasn’t translated into strength among the Democratic Party. Why are key blocs of voters drifting away?
Rivka Galchen on the experts working to overcome an increasingly cavalier outlook among the public and government officials about the risk of nuclear war.
Adam Gopnik on the President’s executive order aimed at insuring that federal buildings are made in classical and traditionalist architectural styles.
Jeannie Suk Gersen on a resounding win for Harvard in court and how the Trump Administration still has plenty of ways to force schools into submission.
Dhruv Khullar on how the Secretary of Health and Human Services is escalating his battle against the C.D.C., vaccines, science, and the public institutions that really made America great.
Shouts & Murmurs by Ian Frazier: Golf in Scotland or the Gulf of Mexico, and how President Trump keeps them straight.
The Trump Administration has ignored legal protocols and stoked fears about the gang Tren de Aragua while arresting asylum seekers in Aurora, Colorado, and across the U.S. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
Françoise Mouly speaks to the artist Kadir Nelson about his cover for the September 15, 2025, issue of The New Yorker.
Grace Byron on how trans expression is under threat, owing to the uneasy alliance between politics and aesthetics.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, about how redistricting efforts in Texas and California may affect the midterm elections.
John Cassidy on how a dismal jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics affirms earlier warnings about the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs and his other policies.
Readers respond to Rachel Aviv’s report on a schizophrenia patient who turned out to have an autoimmune disease, Zach Helfand’s Talk of the Town story about Youman Wilder, and Hua Hsu’s article on A.I. and education.
Jon Lee Anderson on the Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa’s new documentary, “Apocalypse in the Tropics,” and the role of Pentacostalism in the rise of the former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who awaits a trial verdict on accusations that he fomented a …
Kyle Chayka writes about how social-media platforms are navigating—and shaping—contemporary political divides.
On The Political Scene Podcast: “We’ve lived through moments of more violence,” the staff writer Jane Mayer notes. “So we know it’s possible to quiet this.”
David W. Brown writes about the NASA rover Perseverance, and the discovery of a Martian rock that may indicate there was once life on the red planet.
Cristian Farias writes that the Trump Administration’s maneuvers are rising to a political prosecution.
John Cassidy writes that some central-bank veterans are concerned about a scenario in which the President’s appointees gain effective control of the independent agency.
Readers respond to John Seabrook’s piece on floods, Eyal Press’s article on the National Restaurant Association, and Adam Gopnik’s essay on the history of gambling in New York.
Broadcasting from the White House, the Vice-President seemed to complete the merger of politics and red-meat live streams—and to threaten more ominous crackdowns ahead. Andrew Marantz writes.
Clare Malone writes about TikTok, the Chinese-owned social-media app that was banned by Congress because of national-security concerns, and how Donald Trump seems more interested in leveraging its future for his personal gain.
Jonathan Blitzer on how the Administration is redefining “hate speech” in pursuit of protesters, news organizations, and late-night comedy shows—and the risks of weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s murder to vilify opponents.
The author on the New Yorker story by Raymond Carver that inspired her story “Unreasonable,” in the September 29, 2025, issue of the magazine.
Sam Knight on the rise of the far-right Reform U.K. Party, whose leader, Nigel Farage, could become Britain’s next Prime Minister.
From Disney’s capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel to tech moguls’ White House dinner, corporate élites are choosing self-preservation over principle.
Ian Buruma reviews “On Antisemitism: A Word in History,” by Mark Mazower, and “World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews,” by Jochen Hellbeck.
Cooking his mother’s maqluba recipe, the Palestinian activist describes his detention in Louisiana: losing fifteen pounds and a cleaning contest with pizza as a prize, Dan Greene writes.
Bill McKibben writes about progressive mayoral candidates, particularly Boston’s Michelle Wu, New York’s Zohran Mamdani, and Seattle’s Katie Wilson.
David Remnick interviews the writer and podcaster on why he thinks Democrats need to broaden their tent and what people misunderstand about Klein’s own role in politics and media.
The Mayor makes official what has been obvious for some time, and ends his reëlection campaign.
The sale demonstrates the President’s personal brand of industrial policy—transactional, opaque, and designed to politically benefit him and his allies.
Shouts & Murmurs by Patricia Marx: The tigers eat tofu. “Child care!” / chant kang’roos. / And the sea slugs debate the best / pronouns to use.
The dive bar hidden in a subway entrance was the go-to spot for Anthony Bourdain and Quentin Tarantino. After a two-decade hiatus, it’s popped up in Columbus Circle, Ben McGrath writes.
The comedy legend, at age ninety-two, discusses her career, family history, and roles in movies and TV shows including “Annie,” “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks,” and “Palm Royale.” Rachel Syme reports.
John Cassidy on why Wall Street is celebrating the White House’s deal with Pfizer on drug prices, and why many patients likely won’t benefit from it.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts John Corigliano’s blistering First Symphony, and Chuck Schumer faces a hostile crowd at the opening night of “Kavalier & Clay,” Alex Ross writes.
Oren Peleg on the Harbor Area Peace Patrol, a group in Los Angeles that monitors the movements of federal agents in and out of a Coast Guard facility on Terminal Island.
Susan B. Glasser on the cognitive dissonance of Donald Trump touting himself as a global peacemaker even as he attempts to dispatch National Guard troops to quell dissent in American cities.
Jay Caspian Kang on the waning trust in traditional news media and the growing popularity of content creators who believe in conspiracies involving Jeffrey Epstein.
The President’s chilling vision of turning American military power inward.
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the Administration’s efforts to deploy troops to Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, and the risks of what wide judicial deference to a truth-indifferent President may mean.
Michael Schulman interviews Tim Curry, and the actor discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.
Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.
Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.
As a long-overdue ceasefire takes hold amid the ruins of Gaza, the President’s visit to Jerusalem is more about transactional politics than transformative peace.
Shohei Ohtani isn’t the only ballplayer with a side gig. Mantle’s old girlfriend Greer Johnson recalls the money-making hustles of Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, and the gang, Charles Bethea writes.
For the documentary filmmaker, SoHo isn’t about galleries or boutiques. With his new PBS series, “The American Revolution,” about to air, he sees the area as a cemetery for dead generals, Michael Schulman writes.
The Administration has blown up seven vessels in the Caribbean in recent weeks, but the President has been pushing for more dramatic military action in Latin America since his first term.
E. Tammy Kim writes that judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence.
Jill Lepore examines the communication styles of Presidents past, from Lincoln to Kennedy to Barack Obama. When it comes to Donald Trump’s posts and rants, she writes, don’t look to history to make it make sense.
Isaac Chotiner interviews the former Biden Administration press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about her new book “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.”
The host of the socialist podcast “The Dig” says that Mamdani has the charisma of Barack Obama, with better politics. But is the left really ready for his mayorship? Andrew Marantz reports.
The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The Netflix documentary, directed by Marshall Curry, will be released on December 5th and explores the magazine’s history, with narration by Julianne Moore and appearances by Sarah Jessica Parker, Jon Hamm, Ronny Chieng, Nate Bargatze, and more.
Rozina Ali writes about the Islamophobic attacks on the candidate, which carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.
John Cassidy writes about Dani Rodrik and his book, “Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World,” which presents an optimistic vision of a world after Donald Trump.
Readers respond to Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Trump and Hegseth’s vision of the military, Kelefa Sanneh’s review of two books about African decolonization, and Justin Chang’s review of “One Battle After Another.”
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the victories of Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger (Virginia); Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey), and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (New York City).
Susan B. Glasser writes that, in a week of political exits, we have a reminder that Trump’s time is coming soon, too.
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the case against Donald Trump’s Presidential authority to impose tariffs.
On The Political Scene Podcast: “We have a lot of indications over the last [few] months that the country is, for the second time, falling out of love with Donald J. Trump,” the staff writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells says.
Readers respond to Emma Green’s piece about the Trump Administration’s attacks on higher education.
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. Antonia Hitchens reports on what’s behind her vetting crusades.
Jill Lepore captures a moment of whiplash as the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of our nation’s founding approaches during a time of foreboding, and reviews Ken Burns’s six-part PBS documentary, “The American Revolution.”
How twenty thousand pages of Epstein documents, with more potentially on the way, might damage Trump’s Presidency.
Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Trump Administration’s attack on immigration courts, Manvir Singh’s piece about mythologies, and Maggie Doherty’s review of “True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen,” by Lance Richardson.
The rise of the white-nationalist streamer should worry us even more than it already does, Jay Caspian Kang writes.
Susan B. Glasser writes about the funeral for former Vice-President Dick Cheney, at which neither President Donald Trump nor Vice-President J. D. Vance was in attendance.
The second Trump Administration has already made good on many of MAGA’s promises. Where will the President’s coalition go from here?
Jay Caspian Kang on what the future of American politics will look like after Donald Trump’s Presidency.
The head of the New York Civil Liberties Union doesn’t only lead the fight against injustice. She can also make you a great pottery bowl, Dan Greene writes.
Matthew Broderick and André De Shields have both undertaken Molière’s con-man character. They feel he has a few things in common with a certain orange President, Henry Alford writes.
Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran’s father, just published his twelfth book. The subject? Dictators, Jake Offenhartz writes.
John Cassidy on Michael Saylor, the head and co-founder of the business-software company Strategy, the firm’s bitcoin strategy, and the risks of betting on crypto.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian reports on the desire of some U.S. citizens to emigrate in the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, and joins an introductory tour of the Netherlands led by G.T.F.O. Tours, a relocation company founded by two Netherlands-based Americ…
Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s piece about the demolition of the East Wing, Jessica Winter’s essay about the so-called crisis of men, and Jill Lepore’s essay about historical precedents for the Trump era.
The artist was shunned by the art world for being too vulgar. Her new show embraces the female body, with muses like Lizzo, Padma Lakshmi, and Jane Fonda, Dana Goodyear writes.
Digital personalities including Adam Friedland, Ezra Klein, Alex Cooper, have turned to video, and established a new aesthetic of information.
Stephania Taladrid on the scramble among envoys from the United States, Mexico, and Canada to preserve a trade agreement as a crucial negotiating deadline looms.
The filmmaker, who died in January, showed us what our world was becoming, and how we should respond, Jessica Winter writes.
Taking stock of how American norms, ideals, and values have been transformed by Trump 2.0.
Ruth Marcus writes about Judge Emil Bove’s inappropriate and unethical attendance at a midterm-campaign rally held by Donald Trump.
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of them involving crypto and foreign money.
On The Political Scene Podcast: The idea that Donald Trump is acting from a governing strategy or a conception of national interest “seems completely disconnected from reality.”
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, the Senate candidate from Maine talks about the affordability crisis, his campaign’s controversies, and why he isn’t ashamed about his past offensive comments.
John Cassidy on how President Donald Trump’s penchant for causing chaos in the economy could stymie analysts’ predictions for an election-year upturn.
Readers respond to Antonia Hitchens’s piece about Laura Loomer, Jill Lepore’s article about the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the American Revolution, and Amanda Petrusich’s Profile of David Byrne.
Molly Fischer writes about the similarities between the socialist and the plutocrat, who each embody outsized ideas of the city—and distinct forms of capital.
Tensions are high in the city after an ICE officer fatally shot Good while she was in her car. Kristi Noem and Trump have said the shooting was justified, sparking outrage from mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz.
“What you’re seeing both abroad and at home are completely optional conflicts created by the character of the President,” Jane Mayer says.
The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup? Margaret Talbot reports.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Deborah Fleischaker, a former D.H.S. oversight official, on ICE’s accountability mechanisms, which have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
On The Political Scene Podcast: The Secretary of State is often described as the architect of U.S. policy toward Venezuela. How much control he actually exercises remains uncertain.
Susan B. Glasser on Minnesota’s role in the pantheon of President Donald Trump’s assorted wars, after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparked protests.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Ivan Krastev, a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, about how European leaders are interpreting President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.
Cora Engelbrecht writes that, during an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Details of the carnage are now starting to emerge.
Vinson Cunningham on media briefings involving Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt, J. D. Vance, Venezuela, oil executives, and the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good.
Vinson Cunningham writes about how the rapidly disseminated videos of Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting, in Minneapolis, reveal a brazen display of brute power.
Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests, Charles Duhigg writes.
Bill McKibben on the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney’s Davos speech on how middle powers like Canada may navigate a world shaped by Trumpism and declining American leadership.
A shocking act of political violence exposed the cult’s deep influence, E. Tammy Kim writes.
What began, in 2011, as part of a British woman’s half-marathon training has turned into a global phenomenon. Dr. Oz, and others, weigh in on whether the trend is actually useful.
Jelani Cobb on the historical parallels between the Trump Administration’s paramilitary crackdown on immigrant communities in Minneapolis and the unrest fomented in the years before the Civil War by attempts to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school, Emily Witt reports. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Dante Spinotti, an accomplished cinematographer who recently worked on the Amazon-produced documentary about the First Lady.
A First Amendment lawyer once attacked Democrats for suppressing unpopular opinions; she now sees a vastly greater threat from the Trump Administration.
Paul Elie reports on Ronald Hicks, Pope Leo XIV’s new Archbishop of New York, and considers what the appointment indicates about the Pontiff’s priorities in the U.S.
His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
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Jonathan Blitzer on how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards, has become a site for easy arrests and deportations under the Trump Administration.
Isaac Chotiner interviews the author and Middle East scholar Kristian Ulrichsen about the rift between the former allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
On The Political Scene Podcast: What to expect at the State of the Union.
The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin. Ishaan Tharoor writes.
The photographer shoots the bolts and beams of building sites. His latest subject? The Gateway tunnel project being targeted by Donald Trump, Nick Paumgarten reports.
Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas in more than thirty years, but on Tuesday night they seemed to have found an interesting prospect, Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.
The Trump Administration has decided that it need not make a case for military action. In the current media environment, that approach makes a disturbing kind of sense. Jay Caspian Kang writes.
Iran knows it likely cannot win the current war, but the regime in Tehran can certainly globalize the pain of the conflict. Ishaan Tharoor on Iran’s asymmetrical warfare.
Françoise Mouly speaks with the artist Barry Blitt about his cover for the March 16, 2026, issue of The New Yorker.
Robin Wright on President Trump’s reckless war of choice, launched with no advance approval by Congress or warning to American taxpayers—and no visible or thoughtful endgame.
Russia’s President is profiting from rising oil prices, but he’s also facing a hard new reality: he’s no longer the lead disruptor of the postwar global order.
A foreign policy freed of liberal pretenses and imperial ambitions could lead to restraint—or, as the Iran attack shows, simply license hit-and-run belligerence.
Bill McKibben on the U.S.’s increasing reliance on “greener” defense options, such as inexpensive small drones versus large, costly missiles.
A Washington, D.C., native says goodbye to the arts complex before Trump’s wrecking crew goes to work on it. Alex Ross writes.
The cruellest irony is that of a President who addresses the Iranian people in the language of liberation and then threatens freedom of the press back home. David Remnick reports.
A journalist who was wrongfully detained for five hundred and forty-four days never got to say goodbye to Tehran. Now he’s fielding messages about chaos and destruction in the home he left behind.
How to talk about affordability.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the longest airport lines ever, the battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security, the DOGE havoc, and ICE, which has colonized virtually every sector of Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.
Ishaan Tharoor considers whether the Suez Canal crisis of 1956, in which Egypt achieved a strategic victory over a British-French-Israeli coalition, parallels the possible fallout from Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz.
A series of uncannily timed bets on the price of oil and stocks deserves a proper investigation. It’s far from clear that they’ll get one. John Cassidy writes.
Disagreements about Gaza and Zionism have divided the congregation—and many others. Eyal Press reports on the tensions among American Jews.
Explosive News’ A.I.-generated videos have been shared by Iranian-government accounts and co-opted by No Kings protesters. A spokesperson for the group says, “Let’s face it—if truth isn’t flashy, it’s kinda lonely.”
Ruth Marcus on Donald Trump’s firing of Pam Bondi from her role as U.S. Attorney General, and why a successor could be even more dangerous.
Last week, when asked if he had a message about the war in Iran for President Trump, Leo XIV said, “Hopefully, he’s looking for an off-ramp.” Paul Elie writes.
David W. Brown on the Artemis II moon mission, in which NASA astronauts are travelling deeper into space than anyone in history.
A temporary truce can’t erase the chaos of a war that the White House started and never fully understood, Ishaan Tharoor writes.
The neuroscientist went from analyzing elections to running for Congress. But can this rookie win over New Jersey locals—and Trump voters? Gabriel Debenedetti writes.
Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Nicholas Lemann’s report about the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education, and Jill Lepore’s piece about whether A.I. needs a constitution.
On The Political Scene Podcast: “Corruption is the Achilles’ heel of autocrats. It’s not a bug in the system. It’s the model,” the New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer says.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s China Center, about how the ties between China and Iran have been overstated, and what the conflict might mean for the future of Taiwan.
The exact reasons are often left vague and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving the Administration—including three Cabinet secretaries.
An independent Fed needs an independent leader. Is Kevin Warsh up to the job? John Cassidy writes.
Clemency is big business under Trump, who has pardoned Rod Blagojevich, George Santos, the reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, the crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao, and hundreds of others. Ruth Marcus reports.
Fabio Bertoni on the legal hurdles facing the F.B.I. director Kash Patel in his defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic for publishing a story about Patel’s alleged excessive drinking.
On The Political Scene Podcast, Antonia Hitchens joins Tyler Foggatt to contrast the scene at the White House Correspondents’ dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla’s trip amid strained U.S.-U.K. relations.
The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country. What are his obligations to it? Peter Slevin reports on Obama’s role—and its limits.
After J.F.K.’s assassination, a neophyte lawyer named John Feerick was summoned to Washington to draft the provision. Now everyone wants him to weigh in on booting Trump from office. Diego Lasarte writes.
Jelani Cobb on observing the Declaration of Independence on previous landmark anniversaries—in the wake of the Civil War, the Vietnam War, Watergate—and why we are unlikely to see Donald Trump presiding over nuanced celebrations of our history this July 4th.
Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, gold-rush shows on Discovery TV, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since the forty-niners headed West. Jennifer Wilson reports.
Sherrod Brown is running in the Democratic primary for J. D. Vance’s Senate seat; Vivek Ramaswamy looks to win the Republican primary for governor.
Antonia Hitchens writes about Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for construction projects his Administration is undertaking in Washington, D.C., to bolster his legacy.
The reporter Peter Slevin asks the former President the question on many Democrats’ minds: Why isn’t he doing more in a time of crisis?
How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo. Sudarsan Raghavan reports.
Annie Hylton writes about the people affected by the Trump Administration’s refugee policies.
A law passed after Watergate makes Presidential records government property. The Trump Administration has declared it unconstitutional.
Three prominent historians discuss a national milestone arriving in the midst of a politically charged conflict over how Americans see the past. It’s a “goat rodeo,” Lepore says.
Jon Allsop on why a Republican congressional race in Kentucky has become the most expensive House primary of all time.
Ruth Marcus reports on Donald Trump’s mobilization of what the President calls an Anti-Weaponization Fund to reward his allies, and on Republican lawmakers’ growing distaste for the maneuver.
Dhruv Khullar on how the recent outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of the United States’ retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader.
Arthur Krystal explores what it means to be patriotic when American patriotism has become associated with diehard, Trump-inspired nationalism.
The President’s stock dealing, $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund, and grant of immunity from the I.R.S. demonstrate the need for major ethics reforms. John Cassidy reports.
Robin Wright on Donald Trump’s attempts to negotiate an end to the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, including issues such as the nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz.
The power struggle over regulating crypto and prediction markets offers a window into how the President enriches his family and his wealthy supporters, John Cassidy writes.
Ishaan Tharoor catalogues how, with the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision for the Middle East has had unintended consequences.
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What Graham Platner’s scandal-plagued Senate run says about a tired cliché. Jon Allsop on Platner, Zohran Mamdani, Donald Trump, and the matter of politicians being themselves.
While most ballroom dances are in 4/4 or 3/4 time, all of the Trump ballroom dances will be in 7/4. Think Pink Floyd’s “Money.”
Five Republicans, including Representative Nancy Mace, are vying to be the G.O.P.’s nominee in the gubernatorial race.
Graham Platner looks to claim the Democratic nomination to face Susan Collins in the race for U.S. Senate; the former governor Paul LePage is vying for a congressional seat.
Last year, the Republican congresswoman accused her ex-fiancé of sexual assault. It may have doomed her bid for South Carolina’s gubernatorial nomination. Moira Donegan reports.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Daniel Trilling, the author of the book “If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Acceptable,” about the intensification of anti-immigration politics in the United Kingdom and globally.
Jessica Winter on the children’s-book author Mac Barnett, who said that most kid lit is “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.
Robin Wright on Iran’s enduring strategy of taking hostages—now evolved to include strategic ports like the Strait of Hormuz—and how it has flummoxed Donald Trump.
On The Political Scene Podcast: How this weekend’s U.F.C. cage fight might mask a Presidency in decline.
“We want Greenland,” Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality. Ben Taub reports.
The detention center was the first new facility to open under the second Trump Administration. Protesters won’t stop until it is shut down. Ian Frazier writes.
Isaac Chotiner interviews Shimon Riklin, an anchor on Israel’s right-leaning Channel 14, and a Benjamin Netanyahu ally, who feels stabbed in the back by Trump’s Iran deal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has few allies but Trump—and that partnership is now in question. Ruth Margalit reports.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s “Regime Change” is packed with news about the Trump White House that will stay news, David Remnick writes.
Before the new Fed chairman got the job, he intimated that the central bank could cut interest rates, but last week he assumed the role of an inflation hawk, John Cassidy writes.
A number of Democratic strongholds are hosting competitive congressional primaries, with establishment incumbents and candidates trying to fend off left-wing challengers.
Two new rulings revoke the temporary protected status of refugees from Haiti and Syria, and make it easier for the Administration to prevent migrants from claiming asylum and to expel lawful refugees. Ruth Marcus reports.
Paul Elie on Vice-President J. D. Vance’s new memoir, “Communion,” which is a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.
The President’s refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters, John Cassidy writes.
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The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close, writes Amy Davidson Sorkin.
Atul Gawande, the former assistant administrator for global health at U.S.A.I.D., on the devastating effects of cuts to international aid by DOGE and Elon Musk.
Democrats are fighting over which states will be the first to select their 2028 Presidential nominee. The debate holds clues for what kind of party they want to be, writes Jesús Rodríguez.
Was Donald Trump’s fair for the country’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth more funeral than party? Swing by the Washington, D.C., booth to find out. Andrew Trunsky reports.