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Immigration Protests Threaten to Boil Over in Los Angeles

Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s deportation agenda met its fiercest resistance yet as federal officials conducted worksite raids and clashed with residents.
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Annals of Hollywood

How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator

At a sex-choreography workshop, a writer discovered a world of Instant Chemistry exercises, penis pouches, and nudity riders to train for Hollywood’s most controversial job.
Letter from Israel

A Palestinian Doctor in Israel Helps People on Both Sides

Lina Qasem Hassan treated victims of October 7th. She also publicly condemned the war in Gaza—a stance that imperilled her job.
American Chronicles

The Forgotten Inventor of the Sitcom

Gertrude Berg’s “The Goldbergs” was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.
Profiles

Jenny Saville, the Body Artist

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

Commentary

The Lede

The Farmers Harmed by the Trump Administration

Four months ago, the government cut funding to agricultural labs. Kansas farmers and researchers say they can see the damage.
Comment

The Victims of the Trump Administration’s China-Bashing

A Cold War-era report is a reminder of how long suspicion has trailed people of Chinese descent in the U.S.
The Lede

The Sublime Spectacle of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Social-Media Slap Fight

The President has kept the upper hand so far, partly because of his bully pulpit, and partly because he has remained relatively understated.
The Lede

The Private Citizens Who Want to Help Trump Deport Migrants

For years, right-wing civilians have eagerly patrolled the border. Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, has hinted that he might enlist their help.

Conversations

Q. & A.

Why Ehud Olmert Thinks His Country Is Committing War Crimes

The former Israeli Prime Minister explains how his view of the conflict in Gaza has shifted.
Q. & A.

What Could End the War in Ukraine?

An analyst of the conflict argues that there is still a path to peace.
Q. & A.

What Israeli Officials Are Privately Saying About Starvation in Gaza

And how the humanitarian response intersects with Netanyahu’s ability to continue waging war.
Q. & A.

Donald Trump’s Culture of Corruption

How right-wing populism fights graft at the bottom and nurtures it at the top.

From Our Columnists

The Financial Page

How a Family Toy Business Is Fighting Donald Trump’s Tariffs

Despite securing an important court victory against the Administration, the Illinois businessman Rick Woldenberg knows that his battle with the White House is far from over.
The Sporting Scene

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Good Vibes Are Being Put to the Test

The young team’s rise has been fuelled by a happy chemistry. But, after a Game One loss in the N.B.A. Finals, will it be enough?
Fault Lines

Can Public Media Survive Trump?

Government-backed institutions sometimes stand up more strongly to authoritarianism than their commercial counterparts.
The Sporting Scene

Peace Out, Knicks

Watching the New York Knickerbockers this season felt like being on a rollercoaster whose entire path was a vertiginous drop.

More News

The New Yorker Interview

Brian Lehrer and Errol Louis Take the Pulse of New York City

Two local news stalwarts discuss Andrew Cuomo’s evasion of the press, whether ranked-choice voting has made elections worse, and Curtis Sliwa’s chances of becoming mayor.
Letter from Trump’s Washington

The Musk-Trump Divorce Is as Messy as You Thought It Would Be

The world’s richest man and its most powerful leader channel their inner middle schooler in a breakup for the ages.
The Lede

Trump’s De-legalization Campaign

After a Supreme Court decision, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who followed the law are among the easiest to deport.
The Lede

Democracy Wins a Referendum in South Korea

The newly elected President defeated an increasingly authoritarian rival party. Can he bring the country back together?
The Lede

The Uncertain Future of a Chinese Student at Harvard

Amid escalating threats from the Trump Administration, a student assesses whom he can turn to.
The Lede

Who Gets the Guns in Lebanon?

As the Lebanese Army tries to assert its authority in the war-torn south, calls to disarm Hezbollah are rising.
Comment

Trump Makes America’s Refugee Program a Tool of White Racial Grievance

The President’s interest in the plight of Afrikaners seems to have begun with—what else?—segments on Fox News.
The New Yorker Interview

Trump’s Playbook to Cripple “60 Minutes” and the Press

The veteran journalist Lesley Stahl on the pressures at CBS News, the history of Presidential attacks on the news media, and how journalists today should respond.