06-15 Social Security faces steep cuts. These senators want to bet on stocks and 27 trillion in debt to save it—but ‘the gamble does not always pay off’ (finance.yahoo.com)
06-15 Anthropic is racing to resolve its latest conflict with the Trump administration, meeting with officials and sending technical staff to Washington in pursuit of a deal to end export restrictions on its most powerful AI models (on.wsj.com)
06-15 I always dreamed of moving to New York City. After living there for 5 years, I found an even better home in New England. (www.businessinsider.com)
06-15 He finally felt financially stable -- until he was laid off. Then came a frustrating job search and restaurant work in NYC. (www.businessinsider.com)
05:56 Olivia Rodrigo’s Early-Twenties Lament - On her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” the singer inches away from frisky pop-punk and toward the velvety yearning of New Wave. (www.newyorker.com)
04:16 How Tina Fey Wrote the Most Realistic—and Optimistic—Marriage on TV - On “30 Rock,” she pioneered the kind of heteroskepticism that’s now more prevalent than ever. With “The Four Seasons,” she’s exploring a more hopeful counternarrative. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Fight Night at the White House - To celebrate his eightieth birthday—and the nation’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth—President Trump invited the country to watch U.F.C. fighters beat each other up. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Melanie Hamrick Is Still On Pointe - Since retiring from the American Ballet Theatre, the dancer has expanded her pursuits—writing romance books and choreographing shows with the help of her fiancé, Mick Jagger. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland - “We want Greenland,” Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 “Yuppies,” “Mutiny,” and “How to Start,” Reviewed - In the nineteen-eighties, an office job promised security and fulfillment. For graduates starting careers today, the prospect is often tinged with dread. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Meet Russ Freud - Under its new director, Bob’s Insane Asylum is seeking residents out rather than just sitting back and waiting for them. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Jackie Gleason’s Paranormal Activity - The “Honeymooners” actor was obsessed with the supernatural—even his house looked like a spacecraft. On a tour of the Mothership, will the author of a new Gleason book come face to face with the extraterrestrial? (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Lessons from the Original Tech Bubble - As the SpaceX I.P.O. kicks off what is expected to be a wave of A.I. offerings, a new book turns to another speculative era—the railroad boom that culminated in the Great Panic of 1873. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Jürgen Habermas Defended Reason in a Darkening Age - The great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 On the Front Lines of Delaney Hall, ICE’s Newark Prison - The detention center was the first new facility to open under the second Trump Administration. Protesters won’t stop until it is shut down. (www.newyorker.com)
06-15 Gustavo Dudamel and James Conlon Exit L.A. - Two progressive conductors depart, but Frank Gehry’s legacy to the city is growing. (www.newyorker.com)
06-14 How Did American Christianity End Up Like This? - History helps explain the particular faith that now rules our religious marketplace. (www.newyorker.com)
06-14 Laverne Cox Wants to “Rehumanize Everybody” - In 2014, the “Orange Is the New Black” star appeared on a Time cover heralding a new era of acceptance for trans people. These days, the picture looks very different. (www.newyorker.com)
06-14 Restaurant Review: Marcel - At the new restaurant in the Sotheby’s-owned Breuer building, money, in its most indiscreet sense, is everywhere. (www.newyorker.com)
06-14 Why Todd Blanche Should Not Be Attorney General - In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time. (www.newyorker.com)
06-14 “Mutter,” by Esther Yi - I tell my mother that sometimes it feels like an emergency: she must know that no one else can ever be what she is for me. (www.newyorker.com)