You See a Hedge. He Sees Something Else.
When Tim Bushe decided to trim some hedges one recent evening, he attracted more attention than usual for a routine garden chore. Walkers slowed to take photos and ask questions.…
Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.
Wealthy Democratic donors who believe a different nominee would be the party’s best chance to hold the White House are increasingly gritting their teeth in silence about President Biden, fearful…
Biden’s Team Scrambles to Contain First Democratic Defections
President Biden and his advisers rushed to stem the first serious defections inside the Democratic Party since his shaky debate last week, as leading Democrats lent legitimacy to questions about…
Opinion | The ‘Philly Girl’ Shielding Biden From the Bad News
Amid the public fretting and finger-pointing rage over how to deal with a Democratic presidential nominee who most Americans think is too old for the job, some of the frustration…
In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics
Near the end of his opinion on executive immunity, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. pooh-poohed the fears of his liberal colleagues who worried in dissent that the broad protections…
Opinion | Doing Nothing About Biden Is the Riskiest Plan of All
After last week’s debate disaster, some Democrats are trying to circle the wagons to protect President Biden, noting that Barack Obama lost his first debate as an incumbent president, too.…
Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push
Back in 2016, a colleague handed Donald F. McGahn II, then a top legal adviser to the presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, an appeals court opinion that eloquently and powerfully…
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter
This month we feature Wayne Shorter, the iconoclastic composer and tenor saxophonist whose work with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Weather Report and through his own solo discography has influenced generations…
The Real Problem With Legal Weed
When New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, the future seemed bright. “It has been a long road to get here, but it will be worth the wait,” State Senator…
Kings Battle for a Millennium-Old Throne in Nigeria
One king has been barricaded in the palace, protected from potential usurpers by hundreds of subjects armed with sticks and machetes. Another king, evicted from the same palace in May,…