Stock Market Today: Major Indexes Open Higher on Final Day of Strong May; Nasdaq, S&P 500 Set Fresh All-Time Records; Oil Prices Pull Back (news.google.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pause efforts to set up a 1.8 billion fund to compensate people who believe they were improperly investigated and prosecuted (on.wsj.com)
Postscript: Donald Newhouse - David Remnick remembers the newspaper visionary and owner of Condé Nast, who understood the value of editorial independence. (www.newyorker.com)
“Power Ballad,” Reviewed: A Bromantic Conflict Over a Hit Song - In John Carney’s dramedy, a thwarted songwriter, played by Paul Rudd, crosses paths with a former boy-band star in search of new material. (www.newyorker.com)
“Greater New York” Takes the Pulse of the City - Also: the megawatt hip-hop of Baby Keem, the buzzy period reimaginings of Scottish Ballet, the time-capsule documentary “With Hasan in Gaza,” and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside Lebanon’s Fraught Push to Disarm Hezbollah - Can one of the world’s most heavily armed militias be curbed without ripping the country apart? (www.newyorker.com)
“Hacks” Gave Us an Odd Couple for the Ages - Over five stellar seasons, Jean Smart’s and Hannah Einbinder’s characters became unlikely artistic soul mates, whose brilliance grew out of their creative friction. (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump Gets Even - What the “Anti-Weaponization” fund might mean for the President’s most ardent supporters—and why, for some, it might still fall short. (www.newyorker.com)
Taking Children from Their Parents Without a Court Order - A class-action lawsuit is challenging the emergency-removal practices of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services. (www.newyorker.com)
The Stories That TV Tells About Online Sex Work - “Euphoria” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” are wildly different but equally unrealistic. (www.newyorker.com)
We Found Amelia Earhart, but She Cut Her Bangs, So We Didn’t Recognize Her - We’re not trying to make excuses here, but bang length can significantly alter one’s perception of a face’s shape and proportions. (www.newyorker.com)
All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2026, Ranked from Best to Worst - It wasn’t a banner year for the world’s most important film festival, but there were gems among the twenty-two films contending for the Palme d’Or. (www.newyorker.com)
The Whiplash of the U.S.-Iran Peace Talks - Rapidly shifting reports on a possible agreement to end the war suggest that Trump may not know what he’s doing—and may get far less than he wanted. (www.newyorker.com)
Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.” (www.newyorker.com)
Everlane and the Death of the “Good” Millennial Life-Style Brand - The retailer once embodied a hope that clothes could be mass-manufactured and high-quality. Now it’s owned by the fast-fashion giant Shein. (www.newyorker.com)
What the Pope Said About A.I. - Leo XIV’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” presents a remarkable case for placing moral concerns, and not profit, or competitive advantage, or efficiency, at the center of any discussion of artificial intelligence. (www.newyorker.com)
The Kids Are Not All Right at Cannes - Matters of adolescent identity and child welfare loom compellingly large in new festival-premièred films from Marine Atlan, Jordan Firstman, and Cristian Mungiu. (www.newyorker.com)
The Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins - In a career that spanned more than sixty years, the legendary jazz saxophonist’s name became synonymous with the art itself—and he never stopped pushing the genre forward. (www.newyorker.com)
The Epic Disaster of Operation Epic Fury - Trump says that a deal to end the war with Iran is imminent. On key issues, it’s back to square one—or worse. (www.newyorker.com)
How a Small-Town Clerk’s Misdeeds Upturned the Murdaugh Verdict - Becky Hill, a court employee possibly trying to maximize sales of her book, pressured jurors to convict the South Carolina lawyer for the murders of his wife and son. Was she acting alone? (www.newyorker.com)
I Am a Woman in My Thirties, and I Am Thriving - I take a mental health walk and call my mother. I then take another mental health walk. (www.newyorker.com)