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Daily Comment
The Attempt on Donald Trump’s Life and an Image That Will Last
The bloodied former President, his fist raised, flanked by an American flag, is already an indelible portrait of our era of political crisis and conflict.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Daily Comment
A Nation Inflamed
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, who can heal a country so threatened by menace, violence, and division?
By David Remnick
The Weekend Essay
The Surreal Simulations of a Reality-TV Restaurant Empire
It’s a reunion every night at the “Vanderpump” establishments in Los Angeles.
By Naomi Fry
Comment
F.D.R.’s Election Lessons for Joe Biden and the Democrats
Less than six weeks before Democrats formally choose their nominee, the President is marching down a path of constant peril.
By Evan Osnos