THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How I Became A Populist’ – My time at the Federal Trade Commission – before Donald Trump fired me – totally changed the way I see our political divide.
Not All Old Candidates Are Joe Biden, and Not All Young Ones Are Great
All things being equal, sure, Democrats ought to lean toward younger candidates. But there are many times when all things aren’t equal.
How the Trump Oligarchy Works: The Case of Stephen Schwarzman
Chinese state media is rallying the public and posting old propaganda footage, but officials are also careful to leave room for talks with President Trump.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, edited by Trudi Tate. Oxford, 224 pp., £7.99, May, 978 0 19 285985 3
Ouvriers de luxe
Gustave Flaubert et Michel Lévy: Un couple explosif by Yvan Leclerc and Jean-Yves Mollier. Le Livre de Poche, 224 pp., €8.40, November 2024, 978 2 253 94112 5
Fish in the Wrong Place
Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World by Corey Ross. Princeton, 447 pp., £35, September 2024, 978 0 691 21144 2
In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings by James C. Scott. Yale, 220 pp., £20, February, 978 0 300 27849 1
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see immigration agents nearby.
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The Times.
A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in June. Residents said they felt rattled, and worried about what might come next.
First Burials to Be Held for Israelis Returned From Gaza
Hamas has handed over the bodies of eight people, but says it is struggling to find the remains of others in Gaza after two years of war.
The return of the remains of four former captives has spurred anger that more were not retrieved. The devastation in Gaza is likely to make the task harder.
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Harry Bliss’s “Cannonball” – The delights of fall.
The Real Problem Is How Trump Can Legally Use the Military
Congress wrote statutes with the apparent assumption that whoever held the office of the Presidency would use the powers they granted in good faith. By Jeannie Suk Gersen
How Long Will You Live?
Smoking a cig takes twenty minutes off your life. But thinking about Rudy Giuliani’s downfall might add some time back. By Greg Clarke
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power. By Emma Green
What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power
The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor? By Eric Lach
Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.
Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?
U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.
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