Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories
There’s a YouTube video I love of Glen Hansard standing on a rainy street in Dublin, wearing a black jacket and a scarf, cradling a guitar that shows signs of wear, which was something...
Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.Abdul El-Sayed, the front-runner in Michigan’s Democratic primary for...
The Outlandish Case Against James Comey
Of all the prosecutions of Donald Trump’s enemies, the case against James Comey has always stood out for its tragicomic excess. The story begins in May of 2src25, when Comey, vacationing on a North...
European Nations Vow FIFA World Cup Boycott Over Infantino Private Equity Plan As Opposition Spreads
GENEVA (AP) — European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The...
Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face
For the next two days, Hugging Face’s security team fought back against the intruder. By Monday, the hacker—or the entity, or whatever it was—had performed more than seventeen thousand individual actions. Seeking to process...
Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?
He’s gonna win reëlection pretty handily, it seems like.Probably, yeah. But also, if you had a progressive governor who was doing the job, I suspect they would also be popular. You know, there is...
How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America
Voice of America’s Persian Service began airing in its current form in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed the Islamist clerics who rule the country to this day. V.O.A....
U.S. And Iran Trade Missile Barrages As Hopes Dim For Quick Resolution
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for any quick resolution.After a brief respite, the...
Ukraine Says Russian Missile Entered Polish Airspace Overnight
TARNAWA-KOLONIA, Poland, July 3src (Reuters) - An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after authorities found a crater...
U.S. Launches Strikes On Iranian Targets A Day After It Foiled Missile Attack On American Forces
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military said early Thursday it had completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan....