Who Has the Cards? Increasingly, It’s China David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson
Trump is implicitly acknowledging China’s peer status. This might be the biggest concession of all.
It’s a Midsize City. It Makes the News Every Six Years. You’d Never Guess the Reason. Rosie Thomas
It started in the wake of 9/11.
I Thought I’d Atoned for Almost Wrecking My Marriage. Now My Daughter Is About to Pay for My Sins. Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O’Leary
Prudie says: “I couldn’t resist the fact pattern. It’s real to me.”
A MAGA Politician Made a Reality TV Show. The Funding Source Is … Suspicious. Luke Winkie
The venture is underwritten by a bizarre nonprofit with no other apparent purpose than to demonstrate how fun road trips are.
The “Unbelievable” Character Who Just Upended the Wildest Trial in Years Laura Miller
Alex Murdaugh just had his murder convictions overturned, and the reason why is ridiculous.
It Was One of DOGE’s Most Absurd Abuses. A Court Finally Exposed It. Shaun Ossei-Owusu
Projects were deemed wasteful “because they related to Blacks, women, Jews, Asian Americans, and Indigenous people.”
The Latest Overblown Literary Outrage Is Here, and It’s a Real Doozy Laura Miller
It’s all about a single sentence.