Mark Halperin on Maine’s Democrats after Platner. When a World Cup conspiracy theory makes it onto Wikipedia. And more. | Continue reading
When it comes to trusting experts, he has a simple rule: Believing everything is better than believing nothing. | Continue reading
What alarmed me most wasn’t the suspected misconduct. It was how reluctant my university seemed to confront it, writes Roberto Serrano. | Continue reading
The conventional wisdom is that Democrats are better off without him. But Susan Collins is strong, and Platner’s successors lack much of what made him a threat, writes Mark Halperin. | Continue reading
Those who hated the senator for not turning against Trump gave him too little credit for what he was able to achieve by forging a friendship with the president, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading
If you told me a decade ago that antisemites would be increasingly dominant within the Democratic Party, I would have said you were nuts. And yet here we are, writes John Podhoretz. | Continue reading
The referee of the Argentina-Egypt match isn't Jewish. But when his Wikipedia page was changed to say that he is, an even bigger set of lies about Israel and Jews raced across the internet, writes Ashley Rindsberg. | Continue reading
Suzy Weiss on Taylor Swift’s “psychotic” wedding. A poet’s ode to “Little House on the Prairie.” And more in today’s Weekend Press! | Continue reading
Suzy Weiss on Taylor Swift's wedding. Plus: Her ode to ‘Jackass.’ An interview with the standard bearer for MAGA’s anti-AI rage. And more in her newsletter! | Continue reading
The anti-AI activist Joe Allen tells Suzy Weiss that he is “proudly” in the tradition of the Satanic Panic—and that it’s everyone’s job to save America from our AI-slop future. | Continue reading
The lesson I’ve learned in 60 years as a journalist is that ideology fails to grasp human creativity, and idealism fails to grasp human imperfection. Most people tend to learn that over time, writes Joe Klein. | Continue reading
Christopher Nolan's blockbuster is only the latest adaptation of a story that has captivated audiences for three millennia. Here's why the epic poem has never lost its hold on us, writes Daniel Mendelsohn. | Continue reading
After years of estrangement from my family—and the collapse of my public life—I found an unexpected path toward forgiveness in the quiet moral world of Walnut Grove, writes Joseph Massey. | Continue reading
Anthropic’s latest research reveals how Claude reasons internally, but it offers no evidence that AI has the kind of consciousness or experience that make us human, writes Spencer Klavan. | Continue reading
Abdul El-Sayed’s war with the Democratic Party. Why conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk are indestructible. A week with the modern-day Luddites. Olivia Reingold talks to Clavicular. And much more. | Continue reading
The stronger the evidence becomes, the more elaborate the theories grow. The reason lies in a psychological tendency to seek causes proportionate to consequential events, writes Michael Shermer. | Continue reading
River Page went to the much-hyped anti-tech conference, where everyone was wondering: How do you give up apps in a modern world that assumes you have them? | Continue reading
A look into the mediaology behind the allegations against Graham Platner; the pope’s immigration crusade; Candace Owens’ deeply sane week; the influencers’ field trip to the Ayatollah’s funeral. And more in TGIF. | Continue reading
Plus: Paris Hilton’s quest for rich-kid justice, death doulas, and why Americans don’t care about the World Cup. | Continue reading
Wars aren’t won only with bombs and bullets anymore. America learned the power of economic choke points first, but our adversaries are catching up. | Continue reading
About six months ago, Jewish leaders nationwide condemned the Gen-Z icon for partying to ‘Heil Hitler.’ Now he’s in Tel Aviv to ‘have a good time,' writes Olivia Reingold. | Continue reading
The hard-left, anti-Israel candidate has surged in the polls by attacking his own party. His establishment opponent has failed to effectively challenge him in return, writes Noah Bernstein. | Continue reading
A New York school suspended a 15-year-old boy for an allegation of sexual assault without letting him defend himself or even calling his parents. Hours later, he died by suicide, writes Frannie Block. | Continue reading
The hapless, almost slapstick first Trump administration was replaced by the most skilled, ruthless team of political operatives since the first term of Franklin Roosevelt. How did it happen? | Continue reading
This is ‘Schrodinger's ceasefire, which was simultaneously a ceasefire and not a ceasefire.’ | Continue reading
'She has always insisted on having her own bank account,' writes a husband, whose wife has been 'transferring money from our joint account' without explanation. Abigail Shrier weighs in. | Continue reading
Eli Lake says the Maine progressive is readying a comeback. Masih Alinejad and Aaron MacLean on the end of the ceasefire. The 2028 race begins. Trump’s allies turn on him over deportations. And more in today's Front Page. | Continue reading
The controversial Maine progressive may be out of the Senate race, but his resignation speech suggests he is already plotting a comeback, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading
For decades, Tehran has used mass spectacles to project strength. Khamenei’s funeral reveals how much of that strength is actually performance, writes Masih Alinejad. | Continue reading
The president has to choose between four options on the Strait of Hormuz. None of them are pain-free, writes Aaron MacLean. | Continue reading
Well-known Republicans are exploring whether there will be a lane for a presidential nominee outside of Trump’s orbit, reports Robert Costa. | Continue reading
The administration says it has deported more than 3 million people. Deportation advocates say the numbers don’t add up, reports Audrey Fahlberg. | Continue reading
Our weekly history missive comes to an end 250 years to the week that a statue of King George III met its end in New York City. | Continue reading
Kat Rosenfield on Graham Platner. Suzy Weiss on the new ‘Jackass’ movie. And much more. | Continue reading
To survive today’s Democratic Party, Jews must apologize for the Jewish state. Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Israel on Wednesday will be a master class in exactly that, writes Peter Savodnik. | Continue reading
At first, it was “Who among us hasn’t gotten a regrettable tattoo while drunk?” Then it became “Who among us has not assaulted his lover during a home invasion?” | Continue reading
Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and others have pumped out noxious conspiracies about the tragedy for months, writes @DouglasKMurray. Finally, the world is getting to hear more about what actually happened that day in Utah. | Continue reading
The documentary prank show was dangerous, rude, ridiculous, and disgusting. We didn’t know how good we had it, writes Suzy Weiss. | Continue reading
The Maine progressive’s downfall has revealed a dangerous media double standard. | Continue reading
With Graham Platner, Democrats thought they had finally—finally!—made contact with the white working class. So they ignored all manner of red flags, writes Caitlin Flanagan. | Continue reading
What Trump taught America about soccer. Will D.C.’s next mayor work with the cops? How free healthcare shortens lives. And more. | Continue reading
A U.S. military veteran, fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, explains what America must learn before its next war. | Continue reading
A majority of the organization’s governing board openly identifies with Communist ideology. Those who dismiss it as hyperbole should look more carefully. | Continue reading
Police in the capital aren’t sure what to expect from Janeese Lewis George: ‘Is this just going to be an all-out brawl?’ | Continue reading
As a former Democratic operative, I worked with many of today’s rising far-left candidates. What you’re seeing now is only the beginning. | Continue reading
Candidates are promising ‘free’ healthcare, but that could shorten the lives of today’s young people by stifling progress in treatments and drugs. | Continue reading
They’ll plan your funeral, navigate medically assisted dying laws, and keep you company at the end. Death doulas are on the rise, across America—and I spoke to some of them about why. | Continue reading
With Trump’s lobbying to reverse a star player’s red card, America is shedding its soft, disinterested approach to the beautiful game. | Continue reading