CVE-2026-107891: musl libc: multiple integer overflow in regcomp, possibly leading to incorrect allocation sizes and out-of-bounds heap writes (www.openwall.com)
The Trump administration wants to bulk up its antifraud push by pursuing tax charges on illicit gains, but its effort risks running up against its own budget cuts (on.wsj.com)
A growing wave of voter resistance has prompted lawmakers in several states to consider moratoriums on new construction, threatening to slow the rapid real-estate development fueled by the AI boom. (on.wsj.com)
New York Democrat Brad Lander said he was briefly detained and released by the Israeli military while he was supporting Palestinian farmers during an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank (on.wsj.com)
Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan said she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa,” but records raise questions about the claim (on.wsj.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)
How ICE Is Targeting the 2026 Midterms - In the run-up to the election, the Trump Administration is turning its immigration crackdown into a desperate hunt for voter fraud. (www.newyorker.com)
Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory - The wonder of the online world was built by a community of eccentric volunteers. Can it survive the A.I. models it helped train? (www.newyorker.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)