Ahead of the release of his book “This Cursed Beautiful Land,” Evan Gershkovich sat down with Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker to discuss his 2023 arrest and imprisonment in Russia (on.wsj.com)
One of FBI Director Kash Patel’s top deputies is quitting after roughly a year on the job, amid mass departures and other turmoil at the nation’s premier law-enforcement agency (on.wsj.com)
We’ll explore what could happen if the Republicans or Democrats overperform in the midterms. Today, let’s examine what might happen if the GOP wins. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
In a letter to a defense-industry group, Democratic Rep. Jim Himes signaled to the private sector a desire to investigate alleged coercion by the Trump administration (on.wsj.com)
Cartoon Recession Indicators - Is your life savings a single moth? Are you afflicted with moola eyes? It might be a sign we’re in a downturn. (www.newyorker.com)
Why America Looks the Way It Does - From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property. (www.newyorker.com)
Your Guide to Navigating the Parent Group Chat - From the kind and competent to the scheming and lost, meet all the characters blowing up your phone. (www.newyorker.com)
Caleb Hammer’s Humiliation Economy - The host of “Financial Audit,” a popular YouTube series, claims that his goal is to make his viewers more financially literate, with his down-and-out interviewees serving as extreme test cases for what not to do. (www.newyorker.com)
The Cellmate Who Taught Me the Codes of Russian Prison - On the outside, we would have never been friends. But in our small shared space we established a delicate rapport. (www.newyorker.com)
More Sunshine with Joey Arias and Basil Twist - The performance artist and the puppeteer are reviving their avant-garde cabaret show, a leggy fantasia beloved by Cyndi Lauper and the late Paul Reubens. (www.newyorker.com)
At the Department of Justice, Many Lawyers Are Wondering If It’s Time to Quit - The quandary faced by government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads? - The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues. (www.newyorker.com)
How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures - The Polish director has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to M. R. O’Connor’s story about smokejumpers, Kelefa Sanneh’s piece about A.I. music, Jennifer Wilson’s article about lingerie, and Anna Holmes’s home-ownership essay. (www.newyorker.com)
Cookie Monster Tries to Meet His A.I. Mandate - Me confused. Me know cookie inside and out! Now me has to use A.I. for cookie work? (www.newyorker.com)
Detecting Notes of . . . Citi Field? - In the parking lot outside a Mets game, the TikTok sommeliers Ryan and Chris Goydos, of SuperVinoBros, crack open a mystery wine and guess its provenance. (www.newyorker.com)
How America Became Antifascist - Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around. (www.newyorker.com)
The President vs. the Press - Donald Trump’s behavior cannot be called unexpected at this point. What was noteworthy last week, however, was the way that the media responded. (www.newyorker.com)
“Narrow Escape,” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The police lieutenant appeared to be writing down exactly what Gleb was telling him, but relying upon completely different words. (www.newyorker.com)
Fiction by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in English for the First Time - A conversation with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s son Ignat Solzhenitsyn. (www.newyorker.com)
Iran’s Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump - After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal came and apparently went. (www.newyorker.com)
Nolan Wells’s Family Still Wants Answers - A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died. (www.newyorker.com)