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- “No city is more celebratory of the individual. No city depends more, for its soul, and its survival, on the collective.” For our New York-themed centenary issue, Alexandra Schwartz writes an ode to N.Y.C. #NewYorker100
- The lawyer Brian Steel helped Young Thug walk free after a two-year murder trial. This week, his career takes on a new chapter: he is representing Sean Combs, better known as Diddy, in his criminal trial, which started on Monday.
- Donald Trump has named Brandon Beach, a former Georgia state senator and election denier, the next head of the U.S. Treasury. Beach tells @charlesbethea.bsky.social what qualifies him for the job.
- In the Trump Administration’s view, the only good court is a compliant court. “That is not the way the Constitution works,” Ruth Marcus writes.
- In the days of Woodward and Bernstein, the Washington Post held the nation’s most powerful officials to account. Now it's facing an identity crisis.
- Democrats need to adopt some “alpha energy” and force Donald Trump to “own” his policies, Senator Elissa Slotkin tells David Remnick. Read the interview: nyer.cm/V7Ym0za
- What makes us engage in casual sex? Do we enjoy it? Does it benefit us in any way—or, perhaps, might it harm us?
- The group Everyone Hates Elon has plastered London with a fake ad campaign. One sign branded Tesla “the Swasticar,” and announced that the vehicle “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 Seconds.” “Now With White Power Steering,” another read.
- As the stakes rise, the physicality of the game increases, too—and that may give the less favored teams a better shot at upsets, @louisathomas.bsky.social writes.
- Head Start, the child-care program that has seen bipartisan support for some 60 years, is at risk of coming undone entirely, leaving many children who are at or below the poverty line to suffer immediate material harm.
