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Locked Away
On a military base in West Texas, the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants. Deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design, in some cases leading to death. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
Today’s Mix
Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder
As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
The Remaking of Lindsey Graham
Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like
Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
The Summer I Surrendered to Wilson Phillips
In 1990, three daughters of rock royalty—nepo babies before the term was invented—released “Hold On,” a song so wholesome and unguarded that it could disarm even the angstiest teen.
Ana Mendieta, the Body Artist
Decades after her death, her bold innovations are finally coming into focus.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?
The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.
Would You Let New Mexico Pick the President?
How the debate over the first-in-the-nation primary became a battle over the future of the Democratic Party.
Graham Platner’s Point of No Return
Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics?
The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup
Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Marriage Plot
The nuptials, which drew some of the most famous people in the world to Madison Square Garden, promised a kind of narrative closure for Swifties: after the pop star spent years singing about imagined weddings, her life was finally catching up with her art.
The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
The Critics
Éric Rohmer’s Novel “Élisabeth” Is a Precocious Literary Triumph
Before he had any interest in movies, Rohmer was a writer, and his 1946 début is a fine-grained vision of small-town lives in prewar France.
The Unlikely Journalist Who Looked Into the Heart of War
Vasily Grossman was an out-of-shape novelist writing for a propaganda machine during the deadliest conflict in history. Somehow, he remade what war reporting could be.
“Remake” Confronts a Father’s Grief and a Filmmaker’s Responsibility
The documentarian Ross McElwee’s new feature is an anguished reflection on the life and death of his son, Adrian, who was a frequent subject of his films.
“Birthright” and “Giant” Tackle Jewish Identity
The plays explore interpersonal rifts over Israel, but only one lets the ugliness linger.
How New York Watched the World Cup
Ahead of hosting the championship match, New Yorkers gathered in crowded bars and restaurants, sometimes overflowing onto street corners, to follow the twists and turns of the tournament.
The Met Turns Orientalism Inside Out
In a new show, exotic colonial fantasies are set beside paintings that depict the so-called East from within.
What We’re Reading
A collection of pieces, most originally written for The New Yorker and now recast, examining maternal relationships across an array of charged situations; and more.
Our Columnists
Trump and NATO Court Erdoğan, Turkey’s Strongman
In Ankara, the leaders of the alliance appeared more concerned about Western geopolitical power than about Western democratic values.
The Rise of the “As Seen on TikTok” Sticker
A promotional sticker used to mean that a book had been discovered. Now it means that a book was designed to be.
How Political Is This Supreme Court?
The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
Our Plastic-Surgery Nightmare
As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying.
Ideas
Are Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed?
Neo and a dozen other robots with human forms are scheduled to hit the market. Experts are nervous.
What Happened to Your Face?
How the human countenance became something to study, edit, optimize, and scan.
What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway?
The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.
Misery Loves Company—If There Are Snacks
Do “admin nights,” at which people meet up to do their boring administrative tasks together, make people more productive or less lonely?
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Michigan Is the Next Big Test for the Democratic Party
The Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Party’s growing ideological schism, but it’s also a contest of competing campaign styles.
Can A.I. Keep a Parent Alive?
You can now make a virtual replica of a loved one. The question is what it can give you in return.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
“Broken”
Usually, when I informed a guy that I had a type, that I couldn’t help whom I was or wasn’t attracted to, he moved on. Not you.
In Case You Missed It
My passengers are old, but rarely senile. Still very much themselves. The Black dude I wheel toward his flight to Paris every other Thursday morning wears a patchwork cardigan and a teal silk scarf, regardless of the season, because, he tells me, the airport’s temperature is always the same.
Bet you keep this bitch freezing on purpose, Carl says.
It’s out of my hands, I say.
Whatever, Carl says.Continue reading »
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