The Legal Wreckage of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Follies
The New Republicby Matt Ford3 Sept 2026
President Donald Trump is building an illegal ballroom on the ruins of the White House’s East Wing, which he destroyed last fall.
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top 65%Nancy Lemann’s Wasted Youths
The New Republicby Walker Rutter-Bowman3 Sept 2026
Youth may be wasted on the young, but what if the young are already wasted? The writer Nancy Lemann coined the term “wastrel-youth contingent” to describe characters who squander their early...
Trump’s Vile Campaign to Link Trans People and Political Violence
The New Republicby Melissa Gira Grant3 Sept 2026
Donald Trump returned to power in large part through a campaign of scapegoating, promising to rescue his supporters from the immigrants and transgender people who he claimed endangered America.
Should I throw my laptop into the sea?
CJRby Anika Collier Navaroli3 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Welcome back to Ask Anika, a column for addressing questions about the ethics, legal considerations, and best practices of adopting new technologies in...
Seeing It All Hang Out at the Fringe
The New Yorkerby Emily Nussbaum3 Sept 2026
The strangest, most beautiful thing I saw at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe felt less like theatre than like mass hypnosis.
“Motherji,” by Akhil Sharma
The New Yorkerby Akhil Sharma3 Sept 2026
Radha’s son, Kookoo, had died of alcoholism. Near the end, he turned yellow and his feet swelled and even in winter he could wear only slippers.
Trump’s Neocolonial Agenda Is Destined to Backfire
The New Yorkerby Ishaan Tharoor3 Sept 2026
Few figures better embody the morality—or its absence—of the Trump Administration than the Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt.
Welcome to Career Day
The New Yorkerby Claire Friedman3 Sept 2026
Hi, kids! I’m Charlotte’s mom, and I’m here to tell you about my job. My typical day begins with me waking up in a cold sweat around 3 A.M.
Reporting the Big World
The New Yorkerby Isaac Chotiner3 Sept 2026
In the summer of 1951, Neal Ascherson, not yet twenty years old, enlisted in the Royal Marines. Following the Second World War, the United Kingdom had introduced a new National Service Act; in the...
Agriculture relies on fossil fuels. It’s costing us.
MIT Technology Reviewby Casey Crownhart3 Sept 2026
If you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices.
The Many Lives of Kenneth Branagh
Esquireby Anthony Breznican3 Sept 2026
Kenneth Branagh has lived many, many lives. And every single one has a phenomenal story behind it.
This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops
Wiredby Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra3 Sept 2026
Flock Safety’s latest search tools give police several ways to find people on camera, not just the license plates on their cars.
Is It Even Possible to Understand Quantum Mechanics?
Wiredby Rhett Allain3 Sept 2026
A big problem with physics is that it’s invented by humans. We see stuff around us and use our observations to build a mental model of the world.
Hidden China risks are emerging in America’s multibillion-dollar AI data center boom
US Top News and Analysisby Kai Nicol-Schwarz; Evelyn Cheng3 Sept 2026
American reliance on China for key components used to power data centers is coming under increasing scrutiny as Washington and Beijing battle for AI supremacy, raising the prospect of higher costs...
Yen jumps to one-month high as traders weigh chance of further intervention
US Top News and Analysisby Jenni Reid3 Sept 2026
The yen strengthened sharply Thursday, reaching a one-month high against the U.S. dollar as traders weighed the possibility of further Japanese intervention against rising expectations for Bank of...
Gloria Steinem, fierce feminist trailblazer, dies
NBC Newsby Elizabeth Chuck3 Sept 2026
Gloria Steinem, the indefatigable feminist and journalist whose activism revolutionized the personal and professional lives of women, has died. She was 92.
Scaling agentic AI pilots across the enterprise
MIT Technology Reviewby MIT Technology Review Insights3 Sept 2026
Sponsored In partnership withNiCE As agentic AI moves from experimentation toward enterprise deployment, the challenge is figuring out how agents can work together, connect to the systems and data...
Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop
Wiredby Gabriela Galvin3 Sept 2026
It was only a matter of time before wellness trackers—already out there trying to optimize our heart rate, sleep, stress, steps, blood sugar, and menstruation—came for perhaps the most private...
The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Legends of 20th-Century Literature
Literary Hubby Adam Hochschild3 Sept 2026
The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Legends of 20th-Century Literature Adam Hochschild on Getting an Email Addressed to George Orwell In these first few years of the AI era, tens of...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks3 Sept 2026
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week “James has written a masterpiece, the novel of the decade and possibly of the century thus far.” Our bevy of brilliant reviews this week includes Dwight...