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

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

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

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.

Senate Republicans had many questions. Fauci had one answer.

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

The vindictive and meritless plot against the former FBI director is being orchestrated almost entirely in public view.

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

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 .

There’s just one sign of life.

A poem

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Americans overuse SSRIs. In fact, too many people who need depression treatment aren’t getting any.

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

Since the 19th century, office jobs have represented a path to comfort and prestige. The AI era is testing whether that promise still holds.

The AI industry is getting sloppier.

Tour the mansion in the sky to which Sean Hannity has consigned Lindsey Graham’s soul.

In this handout photo from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s social-media account, Zelensky and President Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026.

A looming deadline may force some states to end SNAP next year.

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.

The Pentagon is rethinking how it wages war after the Iran school strike.

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

Success requires knowing what motivates your enemy.

Why one of the world’s best mathematicians is joining OpenAI

What a ridiculous internet feud reveals about female ambition

Firefighters burn off vegetation while trying to stop a wildfire called the Bench Fire from spreading in Warm Springs, Oregon, on July 25, 2026.

My relationships with other men are centered on shared activities. Why do some people see that as a problem?

His musings seem to confirm everyone’s worst suspicions about the capital.

He built an empire. It did not last.

Mountains are shifting, permafrost is melting, and the risk of landslides is rising.

The president seems less willing to let go of $1.8 billion than his pick for attorney general.