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End of the Road
On his first day back in office, Donald Trump issued an executive order that froze refugee resettlement, throwing into chaos the lives of thousands of people who had already been approved to come to America. For Hiba and Ibrahim, who had fled ethnic violence in Sudan and were living as refugees with their children in Jordan, the news seemed to foreclose their chance of a dignified life. Annie Hylton reports.
Today’s Mix
While Donald Trump Adventures in China, D.C. Entertains Itself
The President swept off to Beijing to court Xi Jinping. Back Stateside, it was non-Presidential motorcades, video games, and a languid vibe at the White House.
Keir Starmer Won’t Survive This
After a disastrous set of election results, the British Prime Minister’s authority is in tatters.
Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records?
A law passed after Watergate makes Presidential records government property. The Trump Administration has declared it unconstitutional.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Newsletter
Local newsletters from “The Boerum Bulletin” in Brooklyn to “The Eastside Rag” in L.A. are providing a sense of community that’s missing from our algorithmic feeds.
The Looming Disaster of the Border Wall in Big Bend, Texas
The wall is opposed by environmental groups, local sheriffs, and a pro-gun YouTuber running for Congress. It’s happening anyway.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
Where the Met Gala Really Begins
Every year, the Mark Hotel is transformed into a chaotic celebrity holding pen.
Why Spain Is Standing Up to Donald Trump
Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist Prime Minister, has led the European opposition to the Iran war from the start.
The Art of the Ceasefire
How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo.
The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings
Nearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable?
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations
Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th.
Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take the Subway?
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After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along the city’s most congested boulevard.
Rumors of Instability in Moscow
Drone attacks, internet blackouts, and a sudden downturn in the economy have marked one of the worst stretches for Vladimir Putin since the start of the war in Ukraine.
The American Revolution Wasn’t the Main Event
Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.
The Critics
The Hollow Trickery of “The Wizard of the Kremlin”
Olivier Assayas’s adaptation of a novel about a fictionalized adviser to Vladimir Putin reduces politics to personalities and atrocities to anecdotes.
The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory
Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.
The Grandmothers Who Become Mothers Again
In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children.
Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance
Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the latest moves.
What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep
The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind.
The Lone-Star Laments of Kacey Musgraves
On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude.
What We’re Reading
A compact, elegant book that argues reasonableness is not the absence of convictions but the condition of living with others who don’t share ours; a surreal novel that riffs on the idea of drowned cities; and more.
Our Columnists
Why Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Dedicated a Golden Statue to the President
Mark Burns, an evangelical pastor, explains that Trump’s supporters don’t think of him as a godlike figure, even as the President posts pictures of himself as Jesus.
Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans
Universities have become generic, one professor and former dean argues. In the A.I. era, students may demand something they can’t get elsewhere.
Why Spirit Airlines Failed While European Budget Carriers Thrive
Loved for its cheap seats and derided for its extremely low-frills flights, the American company was arguably a victim of its own success.
The Knicks Have Finally Hit the Gas
A change in New York’s post-season offense has made the team more precise, more urgent, and much harder to stop as it pushes toward the Eastern Conference Finals.
America at 250
Two hundred and fifty years into the experiment we still call America, The New Yorker is both looking back at our history of hopes and upheavals and looking ahead to ask what pulls us apart and holds us together. In this special issue, you’ll find essays, reportage, rediscoveries, and art that explore the paradoxes of our nation.
Ideas
Do We Think Too Much About the Future?
For most of history, people didn’t try predicting it. Maybe that was wise.
How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again
Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since 1849.
It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?
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New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?
Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.
A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius Cruise
He was somewhere in the South Atlantic when a friend texted him about an outbreak on a cruise: “Please tell me you’re not on this ship.”
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.
The Burden of History
Trump wishes to make American history great again by scrubbing from the record our nation’s great miseries and everyday sufferings. How do you update an American-history textbook when the past has become a political battleground?
In Case You Missed It
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My given name, Jeon-Gi, with a hard “G,” was one that some of the kids in my apartment complex enjoyed deforming. Chun-ky, Chun-ky. As kids do, they were weaponizing a truth, for I was a chunky child, bordering on fat thanks to my one-a-day habit of a large Snickers bar. My mother would stock boxes of these for me as long as I ate the food she made, which I happily did. She and I were a tight pair that way.Continue reading »
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