News & Politics

Letter from Trump’s Washington
Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong
But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

Reporting & Essays

Personal History
Cash and Carry

I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

Letter from Poland
The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.

Profiles
James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?

A Reporter at Large
The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.
Commentary

The Lede
The Russians Turning to Google Maps in Search of Missing Soldiers

Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.

The Lede
The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.

The Lede
One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense

Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.

The Lede
Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations

The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.
Conversations

Q. & A.
Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.

Q. & A.
The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.

Q. & A.
What Does Xi Jinping Want?

The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.

Q. & A.
The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
From Our Columnists

The Financial Page
Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform

He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

The Sporting Scene
An Olympic Final Worthy of a Rivalry

The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.

The Sporting Scene
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide

In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and reasons for hope.

Fault Lines
How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
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American Chronicles
The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony
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Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends?

Comment
Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures

Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.

The Lede
The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.
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The Lede
The Chaos of an ICE Detention
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When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.

New York Journal
Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor

On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you’ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.

Press Room
The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting

The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson is honored for chronicling Congo’s devastating war, while Andy Kroll is recognized for a profile of the Trump official Russell Vought.

The Front Row
Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever

In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.
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Annals of Immigration
How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
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Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.