I Solely Inherited 500K From My Dad. I Lent My Half-Sister 10K for Property Taxes — Now She Won''t Pay It Back and Acts Like It Never Happened (finance.yahoo.com)
President Trump defended the administration’s strategy of minimal regulation after the heads of the nation’s top AI companies endorsed a coordinated slowdown in the technology’s development (on.wsj.com)
Trump’s Irish weekend was supposed to center on low-stakes diplomacy. Instead, it drew him into controversy when he voiced support for Irish reunification, an issue U.S. presidents typically avoid (on.wsj.com)
The U.S. Postal Service wants to press ahead—in time for the midterm elections—with new controls on mail ballots used by nearly a third of American voters (on.wsj.com)
Trump insulted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at the GOP convention this past week despite endorsing him, as concerns mount about his Senate race (on.wsj.com)
Democratic Socialists are having a breakout year, but the public is still trying to learn what the movement believes, how it is organized and the level of its followers’ involvement (on.wsj.com)
A CIA official who authorities said walked out of his office with 40 million in gold bars has reached a tentative plea agreement, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday (on.wsj.com)
The extremes of both parties—Republicans’ MAGA wing represented by JD Vance and the progressive left represented by Zohran Mamdani—have drawn closer to each other, @greg_ip writes. (on.wsj.com)
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who faces a tough re-election campaign, made some of her sharpest criticisms to date about Trump’s handling of the U.S.’s trade dispute with Canada (on.wsj.com)
I started a real estate brokerage at 26 and am nearing 1 billion in deals. I have no work-life balance and still knock on doors. (www.businessinsider.com)
What the Met’s John Galliano Reversal Reveals - The Costume Institute’s decision to scrap its controversial exhibition for the British fashion designer is a reminder that a few checks on power still exist. (www.newyorker.com)
Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin? - Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history. (www.newyorker.com)
Ric Burns, N.Y.C. Optimist - The director—and brother of Ken Burns—is releasing two new episodes of his long-running “New York: A Documentary Film,” this time covering Superstorm Sandy, COVID, and Eric Adams. (www.newyorker.com)
Is a Blue Wave Really Coming? - Democrats have the numbers on their side, but their success in the midterms is far from a sure thing. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Uprising” Is a Grim But Scattershot History Lesson - In Paul Greengrass’s dramatization of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, the imperatives of historical re-creation and hyperkinetic action filmmaking fight each other to a draw. (www.newyorker.com)
Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee - In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league. (www.newyorker.com)
John Wilson and “The History of Concrete” - The documentary filmmaker met up with the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz at Wilson’s independent movie theatre to discuss his newest endeavor. (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. “Go Rogue”? - In the wake of turmoil at OpenAI and Anthropic, it’s become common to describe A.I. as a kind of person, hatching plans and pursuing desires. The truth is a little trickier. (www.newyorker.com)
The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror” - In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished? (www.newyorker.com)
The Sartorial Riches of the Silent-Film Era - Also: the neo-soul of Erykah Badu, a festival of Indian classical dance, John Wilson’s ode to concrete, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
“My Brilliant Career” Is the Best Show of the Summer - A new pop-feminist interpretation of Miles Franklin’s 1901 Australian novel is both fizzy and intelligent. (www.newyorker.com)
Troy Jackson Is Still Surprised That He’s Running for Senate - The former state senator replaced Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee. But as he reminded voters over Labor Day weekend, “it could have been anyone else.” (www.newyorker.com)
Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke? - The political operative Adam Jentleson once believed “the way for Democrats to win was to get your base really riled up.” He’s now trying to wrest the Party away from its far-left flank. (www.newyorker.com)