As the Iran war teeters on the brink, let''s revisit the numerous "Mission Accomplished" moments from right-wing media in early March (news.google.com)
Imported Brazilian beef reaches 80% of China’s safeguard quota, to face an additional 55% tariff once the quota is fully exhausted: MOFCOM (news.google.com)
After its first naval drone strike, the US is now teaming up with the maker of Ukraine''s battle-tested Maguras to build out its fleet (www.businessinsider.com)
There’s Nothing Provincial About This Three-Volume Icelandic Saga - Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s “Trilogy About the Boy” is set in the remote Westfjords but its ambition is universal. (www.newyorker.com)
Maine’s Mad Scramble to Replace Graham Platner - The state’s Democratic primary was dominated by an unlikely left-wing insurgent—it became a three-week sprint for Party insiders to select the next best thing. (www.newyorker.com)
Aparna Nancherla and Josh Gondelman Enter the Cartoon Caption Contest - The comedians try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)
A Colson Whitehead Starter Pack - The final book in the author’s Harlem Trilogy is out now; read our recommendations from his œuvre. (www.newyorker.com)
Christopher Nolan’s Plot to Change the Way We Watch Movies - We used to worry about people going to the cinema at all; now film lovers are making pilgrimages to one of the twenty-five theatres in the country equipped to project “The Odyssey” in its intended format: IMAX 70-mm. (www.newyorker.com)
Welcome to the Age of Broke TV - Soulless moguls and wealth porn are out. Amid a real-life economic downturn, the greatest shows of 2026—from “Beef” to “The Comeback”—are all about scraping by. (www.newyorker.com)
The New Yorker Festival Offers a First Look at Its 2026 Lineup - Early tickets are now on sale, with events taking place October 23rd through 25th and featuring leading figures from the worlds of literature, entertainment, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
Steve Lacy’s Modern Love Songs - His new album, “Oh Yeah?,” marries the offline charms of nineties R. & B. with the disaffection of a life lived through a screen. (www.newyorker.com)
The End of the Aqueduct Racetrack - The closure of the scrappy New York landmark is just one of the signs that U.S. horse racing is running out of track. (www.newyorker.com)
A Celebrity Photographer’s Hidden Stash of Polaroids - For two decades, Emily Shur, who shot for glossy magazines in the early two-thousands, has been sitting on a trove of images from a bygone era of fame. (www.newyorker.com)
Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Map: Live Results - The G.O.P. is picking a nominee to challenge the state’s Democratic incumbent governor, Katie Hobbs, and a Republican congressional race is upended by allegations of sexual impropriety. (www.newyorker.com)
Madonna and the Muppets Made the Case for Love - The World Cup halftime show, which also featured Justin Bieber, BTS, and Shakira, was premised on the idea that music—and celebrity—can serve as a cross-cultural panacea. (www.newyorker.com)
David Rothenberg Arrives at the Punch Line - The ninety-two-year-old theatre producer and prison activist stopped by 54 Below to make a career pivot—standup comedy, dishing on Charles Laughton and Peggy Lee. (www.newyorker.com)
The Man Who Green-Lighted Trump’s Ballroom - Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., a Presidential sidekick from Atlanta and a triumphal-arch enthusiast, is just back from Russia, where he hung out with Putin and Steven Seagal. (www.newyorker.com)
María Corina Machado’s Opposition in Exile - The Venezuelan politician hoped to become her country’s leader with help from the U.S. The Trump Administration had other priorities. (www.newyorker.com)
How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran - Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. (www.newyorker.com)
One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail - In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them. (www.newyorker.com)