‘Life is like a heartbeat. It’s up and down, up and down’: Michelle Yeoh on casting cliches, marriage at 60 and playing a robot in Blade Runner 2099 (www.theguardian.com)
Advanced Micro Devices vs. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing: The AI Sell-Off Is Exposing a Critical Difference Investors Shouldn't Ignore for 2027 (news.google.com)
Lobbyists and surrogates for some of the world’s largest companies had a go-to strategy when they saw no other path to head off a damaging policy from President Trump: call Susie Wiles (on.wsj.com)
The wave election that gave Democrats Congress and a majority of governor’s offices gives the party another benefit: Pathways to take the states needed to win the presidency in 2028 (on.wsj.com)
Musk-run companies like SpaceX and Tesla have flourished in Texas thanks to white-glove treatment from elected officials. But that is about to change, Texas Democrats say. (on.wsj.com)
President Trump has chosen one of his most loyal and divisive advisers as the new White House chief of staff: Stephen Miller, an advocate of the no-holds-barred style of governing that was repudiated by much of the country on Election Day (on.wsj.com)
A California electric utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway is asking regulators for a rate hike that would boost the typical residential bill by 120 a month (on.wsj.com)
With the midterms over, President Trump’s advisers and foreign allies have been racing to shape his decision on whether to end the Iran war or reignite it (on.wsj.com)
I’ll Take Blue Florida for Five Hundred - Not all bets are made with big money. On the night of the midterms, one small Kalshi wagerer puts his chump change—and his sanity—on the line. (www.newyorker.com)
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever - The President’s unique brand of lurid authoritarianism has finally lost appeal, and he has lost the plot. (www.newyorker.com)
How France Took Over Basketball - The country spent decades building a development system to cultivate the tallest and most talented kids. Now the best player in the world is French, and its national team poses a serious threat to U.S. Olympic dominance. (www.newyorker.com)
“Wicker” and What Straight Women Want - The monster-romance movie, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, is a Chaucerian romp, and, at times, it is even sexy. But one wishes the film were braver—that it had more to say about the grotesque and its power to drive attraction. (www.newyorker.com)
Chris Ware’s Fractal Pandemic Chronicle - The latest issue of Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library delivers a thoroughly modern reading experience in a keepsake box. (www.newyorker.com)
The Voters Have Spoken. What Comes Next? - The Washington Roundtable analyzes the midterms results and considers how the “righteous blue wave” will shape American politics in 2028 and beyond. (www.newyorker.com)
“Club Kid” Is a Disarming Cocktail of Grit and Fantasy - In Jordan Firstman’s assured filmmaking début, he plays a gay New York party promoter who gets an improbable shot at fatherhood. (www.newyorker.com)
Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here - The former Transportation Secretary, who is a likely Presidential contender, talks about how a Democratic Congress will try to make an impact, even with an angry lame-duck President. (www.newyorker.com)
What Does a Blue Texas Mean for America? - The staff writer Jesús Rodríguez on the way in which the midterms played out in the state, the effects of gerrymandering, and how both parties have courted Latino voters. (www.newyorker.com)
Who’s the Real Victim? - More than ever, we resort to sweeping statements about “good people” and “bad people,” the innocent and the evil. What’s lost in that process will take work to regain. (www.newyorker.com)
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Linguistic Art - Also: Bill Irwin and Rachel Bloom in Molière, a new movie from Kogonada, the torrid post-punk of Sweeping Promises, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
“Paper Tiger” Views Family as Deadweight - In James Gray’s new crime drama, starring Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, and Adam Driver, a Queens couple’s life is turned upside down by a scheme for easy money. (www.newyorker.com)