Only a quarter of US F-35s were fully mission-capable last year as maintenance and parts problems dragged down readiness, watchdog reports (www.businessinsider.com)
Iran live updates: US intel pessimistic on Iran''s willingness to make nuclear concessions - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (news.google.com)
In “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg Steps Out from Behind the Curtain - This tale of aliens on Earth and the coverup of their presence, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, is a catalogue of the director’s obsessions, and a deeply personal vision. (www.newyorker.com)
How to Canoe to the World Cup in New Jersey - MetLife Stadium, the site of eight FIFA matches, is surrounded by creeks and canals. Amid exorbitantly priced public transportation and reports of bumper-to-bumper traffic, we tried our luck arriving by boat. (www.newyorker.com)
How Scott McTominay Led Scotland Back to the World Cup - The star midfielder’s acrobatic goal against Denmark last November secured his team a spot in the tournament for the first time in almost thirty years. Now, for the Tartan Army, it’s time to party. (www.newyorker.com)
I Am Your Dad’s Nest Camera and I Am Ready for Shit to Go Down - You taking an after-dinner stroll? BAM—I hit you with my floodlight. You taking out the trash? BAM—floodlight again. (www.newyorker.com)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)