15 Reasons Gavin Newsom Should Be President
With Proposition 50 re-drawing California’s congressional map in favor of the Democrats, we count the reasons why the governor is a serious presidential contender
The Undecided Voters of the New York Mayoral Election
Featuring: people stuck underground on the train, people stuck in their Halloween costumes, and more
Stump Trump
Pam Bondi v. Pam Non-Stick Spray
Memo to POTUS
Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s October Surprise
Runner-up
The 107 Days that shook Kamala Harris
15 Reasons Pete Buttigieg Should Be President
With no clear Democratic front-runner, could the former secretary of transportation be the party’s next presidential nominee? We count the reasons why
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: coronavirus-vaccine bans, C.D.C. firings, measles’ return, and the No. 1 cause of child deaths (now, officially, firearms)
Hold the Mayo
There is no such thing as a safe lunch
The Bureau of Unbelievable Statistics
Who better to be Trump’s data czar than the disgraced former congressman George Santos?
Celestial Crisis Management
Seeking to distance himself from Trump, God is desperate for help—even from you-know-who
Elonophobia
That’s it. I’ve had it
How I Eat My Steak
What does your tenderloin say about you?
Parade’s End
Trump’s birthday wish list has a lot more on it than just a Soviet-style military procession
Health Scare
Popular theories on why R.F.K. Jr. fired the entire C.D.C. vaccine advisory panel
The Price of Laughter
As Trump’s tariffs set in, Americans are getting hit right in the funny bone
Daddy Issues
When it comes to claiming responsibility for his son Eric, Trump points his short fingers at Biden
Department of Insanity
Move over, DOGE—Group Receiving Inducements For Trump (GRIFT), the president’s newest government agency, is draining the swamp, one luxury jet at a time
Hallucinating Graydon Carter
Following the publication of When the Going Was Good, A.I.-generated rip-offs have flooded the market—how do they stack up?
When Bezos Met Bridezilla
An exclusive look inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding—zero-gravity Botox, diamanté candelabras, Dom Pérignon, and all
Elon, Elon, Elon
The hazards of talking politics over dinner
King Charles’s Trump Card
“Sorry, chap, you’ve got to take one for the team”: the monarch announced that he is downgrading Trump’s state visit to a Pizza Express lunch with Prince Andrew
By George!
Elon Musk is beginning to resemble another unelected foreigner who messed with American taxpayers’ money—and incited the Revolution
Musketeens
The owner of X has his own cadre of bureaucracy busters
Hot Takes
A handy digest of recent media coverage concerning the L.A. wildfires
