The New Yorker
Inside the Trump Plan for 2025
A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President’s return to the White House. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
Above the Fold
Essential reading for today.
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.
How Trumponomics Could Undermine the U.S. Economy
Donald Trump’s America First policy program would likely lead to higher inflation and interest rates, a damaging trade war, and maybe even a recession.
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.
The Upstarts at Wimbledon
Despite a run of stability at the top of the game, women’s tennis is still open to surprise.
A Nation Inflamed
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, who can heal a country so threatened by menace, violence, and division?
The Political Scene
Joe Biden’s Less-Than-Awful Press Conference Does Not Mean Everything Is Now O.K.
The political crisis over the President’s reëlection campaign continues, very much unresolved.
The Message of the Supreme Court’s Wild Ride of a Term
The anxiety about distinguishing a President from a king, which framed this Court term, is inextricably intertwined with the end-of-democracy theme of the 2024 Presidential race.
A Congressional Democrat Explains Why He’s Standing with Biden
Robert Garcia, of California, knows that the President had a bad debate. He thinks Democrats should back him anyway.
The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harris’s Trip to Las Vegas
On Tuesday, with Joe Biden’s reëlection campaign in free fall, the Vice-President travelled to Nevada for what some hoped would be her launch as the Democratic Presidential candidate.
Lee Isaac Chung’s Upward Spiral
Four years after the release of his Oscar-winning drama, “Minari,” the director enters the eye of the summer-movie storm with “Twisters.”
The Surreal Simulations of a Reality-TV Restaurant Empire
It’s a reunion every night at the “Vanderpump” establishments in Los Angeles.
The Critics
“Fly Me to the Moon” Lacks Mission Control
This rom-com about the marketing of the Apollo space program, starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, has an inconsistent tone.
Clairo Believes in Charm as an Aesthetic and Spiritual Principle
The artist discusses her new album, moving upstate, and the wallop and jolt of romantic connection.
Does Ballet Need Narrative?
“Woolf Works,” a dance triptych by Wayne McGregor, is based on the life and work of Virginia Woolf, but its engagement with her ideas is frustratingly intermittent.
“Sing Sing” Puts a Prison Theatre Program in the Spotlight
Greg Kwedar’s film, starring Colman Domingo and Clarence (Divine Eye) Maclin, brings us deep—though not deep enough—into the process of rehabilitation through art.
Kendrick Lamar’s Freedom Summer
In his new video for “Not Like Us,” the hip-hop artist claims victory in his long battle with Drake.
The Changing World of Nature Documentaries
The genre is reckoning with the fact that the landscapes and the species it showcases may soon be gone forever.
What We’re Reading This Week
A family novel about class, suburban life, and kidnapping; a story that moves between the viewpoints of refugees and xenophobic vigilantes in a fictional Sicilian village; a moody novel that captures the inertia of early adulthood; and more.
Ideas
Do the Democrats Have a Gen Z Problem?
Young people were critical to Biden’s victory in 2020, but recent polls indicate that loyalty might be fraying. Voters of Tomorrow is trying to get the kids back on board.
Losing a Beloved Community
The majority of American evangelicals are politically conservative. A small, radical church community in Philadelphia aspired to reclaim evangelicalism from the right.
Would You Clone Your Dog?
We love our dogs for their individual characters—and yet cloning implies that we also believe their unique, unreproducible selves can, in fact, be reproduced.
The Knotty Death of the Necktie
The pandemic may have brought an end to a flourishing history. For all the accessory’s absurdity, it deserves a moment of mourning.
The Fake Oilman
Alan Todd May passed himself off as an oil magnate, insinuated himself into West Palm Beach high society, and conned people out of millions.
Puzzles & Games
Take a break and play.