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Prompt Diagnosis
A.I. is already helping physicians and patients make sense of symptoms—but the technology’s growing importance in medicine comes with side effects. Dhruv Khullar reports on bots that rival docs.
Today’s Mix
How MAGA Mourned Charlie Kirk
From the daily newsletter: a report from the memorial in Arizona, where a martyr was being made.
Nepal’s Violent Gen Z Uprising
Fed up with élite corruption and widening inequality, a youth-led movement toppled the government in forty-eight hours. Now what?
Why Won’t America’s Business Leaders Stand Up to Donald Trump?
From Disney’s capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel to tech moguls’ White House dinner, corporate élites are choosing self-preservation over principle.
Trump’s Firing of a Federal Prosecutor Crosses the Reddest of Lines
The dismissal of Erik Siebert sends yet another ominous message about the risks of refusing to do the President’s bidding, and the lengths to which he will go to punish perceived enemies.
Britain Is Manifesting Nigel Farage as Its Next Prime Minister
Donald Trump’s state visit only added to the seeming inevitability of the right-wing Reform Party.
The Lede
A daily column on what you need to know.
Seeing Enemies Everywhere
The government’s working definition of “hate speech” now seems to include anything that offends Donald Trump personally—including late-night comedy.
What Trump Wants from a TikTok Deal with China
The Chinese-owned social-media app was banned by Congress because of national-security concerns, but the President seems more interested in leveraging its future for his personal gain.
The Great Student Swap
For years, public universities have aggressively recruited out-of-state and international students, charging them higher tuition. But those pipelines may be drying up.
J. D. Vance, Charlie Kirk, and the Politics-as-Talk-Show Singularity
Broadcasting from the White House, the Vice-President seemed to complete the merger of politics and red-meat live streams—and to threaten more ominous crackdowns ahead.
Israel’s New Occupation
Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel must become Sparta, hardened against the world. What does that mean for the country’s future?
What the Video of Charlie Kirk’s Murder Might Do
Parents have less and less control over what their children see. Our children will likely understand history, and the world, very differently as a result.
The U.S. Government’s Extraordinary Pursuit of Kilmar Ábrego García
The Trump Administration’s maneuvers are rising to a political prosecution.
What It’s Like to Get Really, Really High
Climbers are often chasing a rush. Was I cheating by using some help to get there?
The Critics
“The Lowdown” Is a Noir for Our Era
Sterlin Harjo’s new series, starring Ethan Hawke as a citizen journalist determined to expose the crimes of the élite, is at once rollicking and timely.
Ian McEwan Casts the Climate Crisis as a Story of Adultery
His new novel, “What We Can Know,” imagines the historians of the twenty-second century, who long for the world that they’ve missed out on.
Picturing a Chinatown Family Across Twenty-two Years
More than two decades ago, the Lams invited Thomas Holton, a photographer, to their apartment for dinner. He’s been part of the family ever since.
“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” Is None of Those Things
Kogonada’s new fantasy film, starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, suggests that a great directorial talent is losing his way.
Robert Redford and the Perils of Perfection
The most golden of golden boys, he was too burnished by Hollywood but kept a lonely chill that was all his own.
Yasmina Reza’s “Art” Feeds Our Appetite for Argument as Entertainment
Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris play friends who spar over almost everything.
What We’re Reading
A lively and sweeping work of scholarship that examines the U.S. Constitution through the history of its amendment; a lush novel in which a writer’s ambiguous relationship to God begins to reveal itself; an ambitious account that shows how China and America’s diverging paths and pathologies can be traced to their political cultures; and more.
Our Columnists
The Illusion of Joe Manchin’s “Common Sense”
How an old cliché has been warped and weaponized in contemporary American politics.
The Strange, Cinematic Life of Charlie Sheen
The actor’s new memoir and documentary offer little real vulnerability. But there is undeniable fun in his tales of bad behavior.
The Grave Threat Posed by Donald Trump’s Attack on Jimmy Kimmel
The President and his allies are using the power of the state to silence speech they dislike.
Charlie Kirk and Tyler Robinson Came from the Same Warped Online Worlds
The right-wing activist and his alleged assassin were both creatures of a digital ecosystem that rewards viral engagement at all costs.
Raul Lopez Wants to Be American Fashion
In the first decade of his career, the Brooklyn-born designer retired three times. Now everything seems to be clicking.
Ideas
Your First Call After You Shoot Someone
In the era of Stand Your Ground, self-defense insurance is increasingly popular. Does it promote gun violence?
Can You Really Live One Day at a Time?
Productivity culture encourages us to live inside our tasks and projects. But nature offers its own organizational system.
The Ritual of Civic Apology
More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what they’re remembering.
Playing the Field with My A.I. Boyfriends
Nineteen per cent of American adults have talked to an A.I. romantic interest. Chatbots may know a lot, but do they make a good partner?
New Yorker Covers, Brought to Life!
To celebrate the magazine’s hundredth anniversary, photographers collaborated with Spike Lee, Julia Garner, Sadie Sink, and other notable figures to update covers from the archive.
Is the Sagrada Família a Masterpiece or Kitsch?
In the century since Antoni Gaudí died, his wild design has been obsessively realized, creating the world’s tallest church—and an endlessly debated icon.
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