LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS – WINTER 2025-2026

LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue of LARB features ‘Security’…

A Mole in MAGA’s Midst

Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.

The Secessionists of Shasta County

Nevin Kallepalli investigates political resentment in rural California, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”

Is Justice Barrett Listening?

Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”

An Emergency Born of Prosperity

Zoe Adams considers “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” by Brian Goldstone.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025

Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits

The case centers on efforts by Republican officials to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

A Key Question for the Supreme Court: What About the Fed?

On Monday, the justices seemed poised to allow President Trump to remove officials but appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve

Trump Insists Tariffs Will Buoy the Economy. For Now, He’s on Damage Control.

President Trump rolled out a bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.

A Frustrated Congress Pushes the Pentagon to Produce the Boat Strike Orders

In a sign of bipartisan vexation with the Defense Department, the defense policy bill aims to compel the Pentagon to share execute orders and documentation.

In Thailand and Cambodia, Taking Shelter (Again) as Fighting Reignites

Hundreds of thousands of people fled a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and some near temples in Cambodia.