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Tom Brenner / The Washington Post / Getty Donald Trump’s Stock Is Sinking
As the former president posts and posts, his social-media site is losing value.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Truth About Celebrities and Politics
The Democrats and the Republicans both understand that fame is inextricable from American culture.
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Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Democrats Hone Their Trump Narrative
A conversation with Helen Lewis about the mood at the DNC
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Andrew Harnik / Getty Policy Isn’t Going to Win This Election
The Harris campaign seems to have grasped an important reality.
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ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Why Alice Munro’s Work Felt so Empty
Culture and entertainment musts from David Frum
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty Three Things to Watch for at the DNC
Next week is likely to be a fairly standard convention for a very unusual campaign.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Trump’s Strike-Busting Comments Could Come Back to Haunt Him
In angering unions, Trump is in danger of turning a powerful force for voter mobilization against himself.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The Trump Campaign Endorses a Racist Theory
A recent X post from a campaign account is part of a broader pattern of baseless fearmongering about migrant crime.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty The One Policy Idea Uniting Trump and Harris
Harris recently touted a proposal introduced by Trump. What does she have to gain?
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Joe Raedle / Getty Trump Is Setting the Stage to Challenge the Election
The former president’s desperation could drive his actions even after the final votes are cast.
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Lynsey Addario for The Atlantic with support from … Seven Compelling Weekend Reads
Plus: When Maui burned
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JurgaR / Getty The Goldilocks Theory of Out-of-Office Messages
Many vacation out-of-office emails tell me much more than I wish to know.
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Scott Olson / Getty The Dueling Vice-Presidential Campaigns
So far, Tim Walz and J. D. Vance are using two very different modes of attack.
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Stephen Maturen / Getty The GOP Is a Messy Soap Opera Right Now
And J. D. Vance’s staff needs to take his phone away.
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Hannah Beier / Bloomberg via Getty Tim Walz Joins the Anti-weirdness Ticket
Kamala Harris picks a no-drama Middle American.
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Entertainment Pictures / Alamy Six Acclaimed Movies With Short Runtimes
Bring back the 90-minute film.
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Joel Angel Juarez / The Washington Post / … The Problem With Donald Trump’s VP Theory
Do running mates actually affect presidential races?
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Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Getty The Kremlin Gets What It Wants
The release of journalists and dissidents is unequivocally good news—but the grubby reality is that the Russians have engaged in successful hostage-taking.
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Sergio Flores / Bloomberg via Getty The Case Against Biden’s Supreme Court Proposal
His proposed reforms open a constitutional Pandora’s box—and signal an escalating attack on American institutions.
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Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Don’t Underestimate Smoke
As the threats of wildfires grow, the American public doesn’t yet fully grasp what smoke may mean for their health.
