News & Politics

A new assessment, produced by the State Department, found that Israel has likely violated international law—though it doesn’t find a reason to cut off military aid.

Dennis Ross, a longtime Middle East negotiator, on the competing interests stymieing a hostage deal—and a possible end to the war.

Clearing the territory of ordnance and rubble could pose a challenge unseen since the Second World War.

The chief economist of the U.N.’s World Food Programme on imminent famine and what’s needed to avoid it.

At the former President’s hush-money trial, Trump’s ex-lawyer is using his old boss’s playbook to help the prosecution.

David Remnick asks R.F.K., Jr., where his run for President and his beliefs are coming from. Plus, Miranda July’s new novel explores marriage, desire, and perimenopause.

How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.

How climate change is threatening one of the country’s most famous roadways.

The star witness in the former President’s criminal trial is also the most aggrieved and seemingly unreliable one.

The former President is on trial in a courtroom that has banned cameras. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is deciding whether his other trials should even happen.

Millions of Palestinians live in Jordan, where rage about the suffering in Gaza has reached a boiling point. Can the country’s leaders, who have a long-standing peace agreement with Israel, keep things under control?

Is TikTok the killer app of social media—or a Trojan horse sent by the enemy? Two views on the recent ban. Plus, salmon in the dishwasher, and more highlights of culinary TikTok.