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Master of Make-Believe

A struggling actor struck it rich in Hollywood—then the F.B.I. showed up.
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Onward and Upward with the Arts

Behind the Scenes of a Short-Lived Broadway Musical

The theatre director Rachel Chavkin is known for unconventional hits such as “Hadestown.” Why did her latest Broadway project fail to catch on?
Personal History

The Detroit Pistons Were My Father’s Second Family

Jack McCloskey built a championship team that was both loved and loathed. I only began to appreciate who he was years later.
Letter from Berlin

Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi

After the Berlin Wall fell, agents of East Germany’s secret police frantically tore apart their records. Archivists have spent the past thirty years trying to restore them.
A Reporter at Large

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.

Commentary

Daily Comment

Vermont Moves to Hold Fossil-Fuel Companies Liable for Climate-Change Damage

A new constituency is willing to stand up to Big Oil (and Gas and Coal): state government.
Comment

Ukraine Faces a Crucial Moment in the War

Two years after Russia launched its invasion, the fighting is shifting in its favor.
Daily Comment

The Pope Goes Prime-Time

Pope Francis’s appearance on “60 Minutes” is a first. What does it say about the papacy?
Daily Comment

What Raisi’s Death Means for the Future of Iran

For a country facing deep challenges, and with an aging Supreme Leader, the President’s demise has spawned an existential question: Who can sustain the revolution?

Conversations

Q. & A.

Is the Biden Campaign Running on False Hope?

Most polls show Donald Trump leading in swing states, but the Democratic Party strategist Simon Rosenberg believes the President’s chances are better than the surveys suggest.
Q. & A.

The Biden Administration’s Have-It-Both-Ways Report on Gaza

A new assessment, produced by the State Department, found that Israel has likely violated international law—though it doesn’t find a reason to cut off military aid.
Q. & A.

Does Biden Understand Netanyahu’s Aims in Gaza?

Dennis Ross, a longtime Middle East negotiator, on the competing interests stymieing a hostage deal—and a possible end to the war.
Q. & A.

Gaza’s Unexploded-Bomb Crisis

Clearing the territory of ordnance and rubble could pose a challenge unseen since the Second World War.

From Our Columnists

Letter from Biden’s Washington

There Is Literally Nothing Trump Can Say That Will Stop Republicans from Voting for Him

On Nikki Haley’s announcement that she’s backing her party’s “unhinged” nominee.
Letter from Biden’s Washington

On Trump and the Elusive Fantasy of a 2024 Election Game Changer

With a general-election debate and the ex-President’s criminal verdict looming, can anything move the immovable American electorate?

More News

The New Yorker Radio Hour

“Love Is Blind,” and Allegedly Toxic

Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit. Plus, Ilana Glazer’s buddy movie tackles the realities of pregnancy, motherhood, and friendship.
Our Local Correspondents

In the Bronx, Donald Trump Goes to His Hateful, Happy Place

“Like it or not, this is a rally,” the former President said, seemingly a little embarrassed by the unremarkable size of the crowd.
Fault Lines

Summer Camp and Parenting Panics

Camps once sold a story about social improvement. Now we just can’t conceive of an unscheduled moment.
U.S. Journal

Not Your Childhood Library

An ambitious experiment in Minneapolis is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space.
The Political Scene

Lara Trump’s R.N.C. Sets Its Sights on—California?

In a state that could decide the fate of the House, Republican efforts may not be as futile as they seem.
Dispatch

In Saudi Arabia, a Championship Fight Is Enjoyed with 7 UP

The kingdom has taken control of boxing, and watching Tyson Fury’s bout with Oleksander Usyk, in Riyadh, was a curious experience.
Dispatch

Nova Scotia’s Billion-Dollar Lobster Wars

How Indigenous fishermen are defending their rights—and corporate profits—in the most lucrative fishery in North America.
Our Local Correspondents

Donald Trump and Michael Cohen Deserve Each Other

At the former President’s hush-money trial, Trump’s ex-lawyer is using his old boss’s playbook to help the prosecution.