The Lede
Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today.
The E.P.A.’s Disastrous Plan to End the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
With a new proposal, the Trump Administration, which has already laid waste to dozens of programs aimed at limiting climate change, has managed to outdo itself.
Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma
In Gaza, where displaced children play a game called “air strike” and act out death, the lack of mental-health resources has become another emergency.
Searching for the Children of the Disappeared
A new book examines the extraordinary decades-long campaign by Argentinean women to find their grandchildren.
Is Brazil’s Underdog Era Coming to an End?
President Donald Trump has announced a fifty-per-cent tariff on the country’s products, as retaliation for the prosecution of his political ally, Jair Bolsonaro. So far, Brazil has refused to roll over.
Should Police Officers Be More Like U.F.C. Fighters?
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, has said that he wants to get mixed-martial-arts fighters to train his field agents. But a version of this is already happening, with law-enforcement agencies embracing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
What to Do When the Supreme Court Rules the Wrong Way
The blows have been coming weekly, as Trump tries to ransack the Constitution. Yet recent Court history shows that what feels like the end can be a beginning.
“South Park” Skewers a Satire-Proof President
The new season première goes after Trump as never before—and solves a problem that’s plagued comedians since his first term in office.
When ICE Agents Are Waiting Outside the Courtroom
An asylum seeker and her children face the terrifying new reality of immigration hearings.
In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
The Fight for Mexican Los Angeles
The city’s Mexican consul is trying to protect local immigrants, but there are limits to what he can accomplish.