The U.S. moved a dozen B-1 bomber aircraft from a U.K. military base because of urgent concerns about a potentially complex drone attack ordered by Iran’s IRGC (on.wsj.com)
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has acknowledged that some of his past comments are “cringey” and is asking for Texans’ understanding. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
No big industrialized economy has embraced Chinese cars more enthusiastically than the U.K. Their success showcases what could happen in America if vehicles from China were let in. (on.wsj.com)
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are opening a probe into how leading home and auto insurers process claims, following a WSJ investigation into the rising chances of no payout (on.wsj.com)
German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares at a more than 1 billion valuation—double the level hit earlier this year—highlighting investor enthusiasm for physical AI systems. (on.wsj.com)
I turned my passion for the outdoors into a community for startup founders. It''s become a side hustle that makes me 10K in revenue. (www.businessinsider.com)
MacKenzie Scott’s Substack Novel Can’t Escape the Amazon Juggernaut - Scott’s decision to self-publish could be seen as a protest against her ex-husband’s company—or as a sign of how profoundly it’s altered the publishing landscape. (www.newyorker.com)
How to Fight Your Landlord, the Heel - In Williamsburg, wrestlers dressed like Zohran Mamdani and a cockroach take turns in the ring. Their opponent? The big, bad Slumlord. (www.newyorker.com)
Why Is Illness So Hard to Write About? - A century after Virginia Woolf asked why sickness had failed to become one of literature’s great subjects, writers are still struggling to put physical suffering into words. (www.newyorker.com)
How Lists Became Our Greatest Defense Against Endless Slop - A form that was once emblematic of the internet’s frivolity has become our preferred way of expressing taste, with the New York Times and Letterboxd users alike clamoring to define the canon. (www.newyorker.com)
Year of the Horse - After a young tourist was killed in a Central Park carriage accident this summer, the City Council is considering whether to ban horse-drawn carriages forever. (www.newyorker.com)
The Battle for the Post-Trump Right - For decades, the Heritage Foundation was a conservative powerhouse. Can it stay relevant in the influencer age? (www.newyorker.com)
Ernie Bushmiller’s Sunday Morning, Live - In 1976, the artist behind the “Nancy” comic was slighted on “S.N.L.” A new Off Off Broadway show tells the tale of the day after. (www.newyorker.com)
Ellen Allien’s Hill of Sound - On a trip to the Cooper Hewitt museum, the techno d.j. reflects on her latest album, “New Life,” and on how Michael Jackson and ABBA haunted her Berlin childhood. (www.newyorker.com)
How Test Engineers Decide What Counts as Good Enough - Test engineers stage reality, sometimes by extreme means, to make sure airplanes don’t fall apart, children can’t open pill bottles, and bears won’t break into coolers. (www.newyorker.com)
Arthur Jafa’s “I Am Tony,” Reviewed - In “I Am Tony,” a retrospective at the New Museum, the artist takes his remixing of the past to its outer limits. (www.newyorker.com)
A Woman with a Past - My cousin Laura had a diva’s charisma and a siren’s voice. She also had a mysterious past. When she died, she left me to tell the story of her defiant reinvention. (www.newyorker.com)
Maternal Intelligence: An Open Letter - Is M.I. hopping our guardrails? If unchecked, it can lead to “recursive self-improvement,” such as dyeing a “fun streak of color” in her bangs. (www.newyorker.com)
Restaurant Review: Trudie’s Tavern - The new spot in Brooklyn joins its siblings, Gertrude’s and Gertie, as a bastion of playfully Ashkenazi-ish cooking. (www.newyorker.com)
The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax - Most Democratic voters say that they favor a wealth tax, but a California ballot initiative has plenty of liberal opponents. (www.newyorker.com)
ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity - Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools. (www.newyorker.com)
“A Very Safe Place,” by Rachel Heng - No sooner did the words leave his mouth than the man’s eyelids fluttered open. “No . . . police,” he said. (www.newyorker.com)