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The mechanics of many games on the platform are nearly identical to those of slot machines and sports-betting apps.

Abdul El-Sayed is calling out his party; Haley Stevens is embracing it.

An aerial view of a kayaker paddling along the Los Angeles River during an LA River Expeditions tour in Los Angeles, California, on July 26, 2026

Jonathan Chait on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the attacks on Barack Obama’s legacy, and the Michigan Democratic Senate primary that will decide the future of the party. Plus: more Trump tariffs and Eric Cline’s 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed .

Senate Republicans had many questions. Fauci had one answer.

A new novel helps explain why so many storytellers enlist animal narrators to explore humanity.

Apple’s rental program is a trap.

The private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.

Maine was about to ban data centers. Why did one town stop it?

Charli XCX’s new album is a broadside against overthinking the artistic process.

Despite seeming like a fresh start, Brand New Day is trapped in the Marvel vortex.

A poem

The Islamic Republic’s ultimate target remains its own people.

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

The Michigan candidate for U.S. Senate has a profound weakness for conspiracism.

Seattle’s Jose Rizal Park has become a favorite spot for addicts to smoke and inject fentanyl.

America’s greatest rival is single-handedly averting a global energy crisis. No one knows how the country is doing it—or why.

Max Blumenthal fits into a long, disreputable tradition.

The president is learning that limits to his power—and, soon, his relevancy—do exist.

The senator’s funeral featured foreign dignitaries, security lines, and a eulogy from the president whose approval he never stopped seeking.

A government lawyer admitted in a court filing that the administration withheld grants based on whom states had voted for.

A year after the Coldplay incident, another couple is going viral for PDA.

Abdicating power over the technology to this or any White House would be a mistake.

What a ridiculous internet feud reveals about female ambition

He built an empire. It did not last.

How to make AI work for workers

Forget starting over. In Valeria Luiselli’s new novel, it’s the messy middle of life that counts.

The manosphere’s campaign strategy

A monarch butterfly in El Rosario butterfly sanctuary, in Angangueo, Mexico

Daggermouth could be the first best-selling novel partly written by a chatbot.

The Trump administration’s bumbling effort to pretend it’s not fighting a war has pushed it into covering up the deaths of American soldiers.

What Michigan voters could tell us about the path forward for Democrats. Plus: A senator looks at Congress.

Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in Lacanau, southwestern France, on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire.

Christopher Nolan presents a very human hero to a culture that desperately needs one.

A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.

Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Old and New Testaments.

The prime minister, a self-styled expert on the U.S., has shattered his country’s standing.

Turns out, looking back is also about looking forward.