Ranking Member Shaheen Leads Bipartisan Senators in Statement Ahead of Serbian Parliamentary Elections - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (.gov) (news.google.com)
NFLX Stock Tumbles Overnight: Co-CEO Wants Netflix To Be Last Service Customers ''Ever Cancel'', Says Live Events ''Drive New Membership'' (news.google.com)
President Trump is relying on a new strategy to salvage Republican seats in the midterm elections: promising an array of financial benefits to Americans (on.wsj.com)
National Democrats are making a million-dollar bet on David Jolly, the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida, as they hope to put back in play the once crucial swing state. (on.wsj.com)
“Fatherland” Cleans Up the Rough Edges of History - In this dramatization of the novelist Thomas Mann’s 1949 return to Germany, the filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski tweaks the facts to fit his style. (www.newyorker.com)
Is the Military Low-T? - New data suggest that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone. That doesn’t mean what Pete Hegseth thinks it does. (www.newyorker.com)
Gifts for Cats (and Their Owners) That Are Worth Knocking Off the Table - Scratchers that aren’t total eyesores, toys your feline friend might play with at least once (before fixating on the packaging), books and accessories for cat-obsessed humans, and some ideas for dog people, too. (www.newyorker.com)
“An Unprecedented Case of Child Abuse” - In an L.A. criminal court, new details emerge about the mysterious couple who collected more than twenty babies through surrogacy. (www.newyorker.com)
Dogs That Weren’t Rescued - People make a big deal about the hundred and one Dalmatians, and how they were saved from Cruella de Vil, but rarely do you hear about the hundred-and-second Dalmatian. (www.newyorker.com)
Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist - Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election. (www.newyorker.com)
Everyone Can Be Migos Now - The viral “Hotel Lobby” meme, which lets users inhabit the bodies of Quavo and Takeoff using A.I., resembles a kind of digital blackface, but also speaks to a technology that makes appropriation the default. (www.newyorker.com)
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made - They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry. (www.newyorker.com)
Josh Safdie’s Top Ten (or So) N.Y.C. Films - The director stops by the Two Palms studio to sign prints of a list of his favorite New York movies—“Taxi Driver,” “Do the Right Thing,” and some you wouldn’t expect. (www.newyorker.com)
When God Is Another Addiction - A remarkable memoir recounts a writer’s struggles with alcoholism and religious faith—and the unsettling ways in which each has fed her longing for the other. (www.newyorker.com)
The Furry Prima Donna of “La Bohème” - Wanda the Donkey regularly steals the show at the Met’s most popular production. Here’s an inside look at her creative process. (www.newyorker.com)
The New Age of Reading - Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand. (www.newyorker.com)
Frank Capra’s Mythmaking Magic - A new biography of the great director inspires wonder at his irresistible vision of America and his immigrant journey. (www.newyorker.com)
Bill Irwin Is the O.G. Clown - Fresh from playing the Cyclops in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” the rubber-limbed actor chats about reviving and starring in Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid” on Broadway. (www.newyorker.com)
The Danger of Getting Too Close to a Source - Richard Darman was my source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and my best friend. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Brightness,” Reviewed: Chad Harbach’s Sequel to “The Art of Fielding” - In his sweeping new novel, Chad Harbach studies the crisis of being a college student in 2015—and of being a writer trying to redeem realist fiction. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Faux - With the opening of Faux, in Tribeca, Keith McNally’s son steps into the family business. Is it ambition or hubris? (www.newyorker.com)