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Back then, leaders delivered and opportunity beckoned–or so the story goes

Also on the daily podcast: another step toward lab-made life and why travel agents still thrive in an age of AI

A too-weak president can be a threat to democracy, too

Companies from Palantir to Lockheed account for a small share of spending, but are hard to shake

A policy designed to keep the far right from office has ended up strengthening it

This time won’t be different—except that institutions will be less well placed to limit the damage, reckons Martin Gruenberg

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

That would help address global concerns about Chinese reliance on exports for growth, writes Brad Setser

America’s president derails military exercises with South Korea

As the populist left calls for Medicare-for-all, Democrats’ signature health law is faltering

The sport is having a surprising local renaissance

Nation-building is even harder the second time around

Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on what Florida and Iowa reveal about political change in America

How social media are changing charity

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, on how an unusually hot, dry summer is testing the continent’s infrastructure

An exclusive look at how we designed our cover

Apologies to those who have invested in a modish workstation

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, the state that became the centre of MAGA-land

Three things to see, and one to switch off

Also on the daily podcast: post-quake Colombia and remembering mountaineer Nirmal Purja

The Reform UK leader has won a by-election but not solved any of his political or financial difficulties

British workers have few protections against extreme heat

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, the business of getting pregnant

The Taliban represent the farthest end of a global continuum of restrictions on female lives, writes Sarah Little

A life of frustrated ambitions has made the hypnotherapist-turned-tub-thumper a perfect tribune of the age

The Gurkha mountaineer and Netflix star died in an avalanche on July 30th, aged 43

AI can try, but humans still have the edge when it comes to booking holidays

Gaël Faye’s “Jacaranda” looks at the limits of reconciliation

Some fear that chatbots will lead everyone to the same places. In fact, they may do the opposite

$12.5bn price tag is highest ever for an American sports team

Why China’s Mixue Bingcheng is serving up beer

Two weeks off, but how many days of relaxation?

Can past success ever be rekindled?

AI founders pledge to give away hundreds of billions of dollars. How will they be spent?

The government wants to improve a patchy and uneven system

Growing threats from enemies and a less dependable America have driven the move