News & Politics
The Lede
The Other Side of Signalgate
The Trump Administration’s extraordinary security breach has elicited shock, amusement, and anger. An eyewitness in Yemen describes what happened when the bombs started to fall.
By Rozina Ali

Reporting & Essays
Profiles
Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye
The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.
By Elif Batuman
Letter from Brazil
The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right
Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.
By Jon Lee Anderson
Annals of Zoology
The Dire Wolf Is Back
Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. Is the woolly mammoth next?
By D. T. Max
Onward and Upward with Technology
Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.
By Kyle Chayka
Commentary
Comment
At the Smithsonian, Donald Trump Takes Aim at History
The urge to police the past is hardly an invention of the Trump Administration. It is the reflexive obsession of autocrats everywhere.
By David Remnick
The Lede
Has Trump’s Legal Strategy Backfired?
Federal judges do not take well to being lied to or treated, as one put it, like idiots.
By Ruth Marcus
The Lede
Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat?
Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.
By Dan Kaufman
The Lede
Why Benjamin Netanyahu Is Going Back to War
The public’s fears for the fate of the ceasefire and the hostages have become a struggle over the rule of law.
By Bernard Avishai
Conversations
Q. & A.
A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice
The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.
By Molly Fischer
Q. & A.
What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for French Democracy
After the far-right leader was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running for office, her supporters cried foul. Was justice served or politicized?
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy
The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that empathy is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and manipulative.”
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America?
After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces protests on a scale not seen in a decade.
By Isaac Chotiner
From Our Columnists
The Financial Page
How Donald Trump Crushed the Stock Market
The President’s tariff policy isn’t strategic protectionism; it’s economic self-harm.
By John Cassidy
The Sporting Scene
The Launch of the Torpedo Bat
The New York Yankees quietly brought a physics experiment to the plate. Then came the home-run barrage.
By Louisa Thomas
The Financial Page
The Truth About Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day”
The President’s one-man trade war was already hurting the economy. His expansive new tariffs will make things worse.
By John Cassidy
The Sporting Scene
Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point
An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.
By Lindsey Adler
More News
Deep State Diaries
“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated”
Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.
By E. Tammy Kim
Open Questions
Will A.I. Save the News?
Artificial intelligence could hollow out the media business—but it also has the power to enhance journalism.
By Joshua Rothman
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy
On a chilly Wednesday afternoon, the President announced he would single-handedly blow up a century’s worth of globalization.
By Susan B. Glasser
Deep State Diaries
The Fired Student-Debt Relievers
As Donald Trump guts the Department of Education, a vastly diminished staff attempts to keep the wheels on the government’s $1.6-trillion loan portfolio.
By E. Tammy Kim
Annals of Immigration
The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act
The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.
By Jonathan Blitzer
The New Yorker Interview
We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy
Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.
By David Remnick
Dispatch
The Six-Figure Nannies and Housekeepers of Palm Beach
An influx of ultra-high-net-worth newcomers has increased demand for experienced—and discreet—household staff.
By Emily Witt
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Will Trump’s Gulf of America Power Trip Break the White House Press Corps?
The Associated Press had its day in court on Thursday, but free speech in this Presidency is already a big loser.
By Susan B. Glasser