Woman, 29, Inherited 1.1M From Her Grandparents'' Trust — Her Parents Say She ''Owes The Family'' Since They ''Sacrificed Everything'' (finance.yahoo.com)
D.C.''s affordability headache has a silver bullet, new study shows: Tackling 40 trillion national debt would boost household income by 36,000 (news.google.com)
Trump has invited Putin to the G-20 meeting, reflecting his obsession with inviting Putin to such meetings. Read more in this Special Edition of WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday said the Trump administration wouldn’t outright ban exports of diesel but rather implement restrictions (on.wsj.com)
Kamala Harris was campaigning alongside Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. If she helps him, could she help others? Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
American oil executives thought they had won their fight to persuade Washington to keep diesel shipments flowing. Then, President Trump spoke up. (on.wsj.com)
The president sees muscular foreign policy as a core part of his legacy, even if it is complicating Republicans’ prospects in the coming election (on.wsj.com)
HHS moved money from a minority health office to help pay security costs for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to people familiar with the matter and a document reviewed by the WSJ (on.wsj.com)
Delegates from Iran and Cuba walked out during Trump’s speech at the U.N., and an Ivy League school outlines how higher education can adapt. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
“NAZA” Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza - In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction. (www.newyorker.com)
What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom - Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I. (www.newyorker.com)
An OpenAI Engineer and His Friends Debate the Future - In Brent Katz’s short documentary “Josh’s Wedding,” a group of groomsmen reckon with a technology that one of them is building. (www.newyorker.com)
Kate Atkinson’s Obsession with History - “Our Noble Selves,” the author’s latest novel, is an object-obbsessed murder mystery, of a sort. (www.newyorker.com)
The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want - As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other. (www.newyorker.com)
Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction? - After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President. (www.newyorker.com)
Annie Dillard’s Subject Was the Whole World - We met decades after “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” took her from the slush pile to literary celebrity, in a flash. (www.newyorker.com)
Even Ed Sheeran’s Apology Took Both Sides - After allowing Macklemore to be removed from his tour for pro-Palestinian remarks, the pop star took the stage in Philadelphia alone, said he was sorry, and then apologized for apologizing. (www.newyorker.com)
Some Ways A.I. Might Do It - A.I. tells fifty per cent of people that knee-high socks are in and the other fifty per cent that no-show socks are in, and everyone dies in the Sock Wars. (www.newyorker.com)
The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson - Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country. (www.newyorker.com)
The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal - Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name. (www.newyorker.com)
Waiting for Jay-Z - In a sold-out run at Yankee Stadium and an eight-part documentary on HBO, the rapper makes the latest case for his own singularity. (www.newyorker.com)
What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do - One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for. (www.newyorker.com)
Hernan Diaz’s Grand Experiment - In the novel “Ply,” the Pulitzer Prize winner imagines a ruined New York, a fractured society, and the ultimate structure of existence. (www.newyorker.com)
The Curious Power of Punctuation - Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences? (www.newyorker.com)
What’s Really Behind the Baby Bust? - People say they want more children than they’re having. Is modern life stopping them—or have our ideas about a good life changed? (www.newyorker.com)
What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today - Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser Abu Mousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family. (www.newyorker.com)
A Populist Revival in Iowa - In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system. (www.newyorker.com)
Inside Shaq’s League of Dunkers - The basketball legend’s dunking tournament launched this summer, with a clear star—a twenty-seven-year-old poetry lover named Mac McClung. (www.newyorker.com)