Investigations
The Lede
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
The Lede
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
The Lede
What Eric Adams’s Chief Adviser Knows About Loyalty
Newly obtained e-mails show that Ingrid Lewis-Martin stuck with Adams even when she feared for her safety. Will she stay by his side through a federal investigation?
The Lede
The Most Obvious Scandal in the History of New York City
Mayor Eric Adams swaggered right into a corruption indictment.
The Financial Page
Donald Trump’s Many Lucky Breaks
A new book by two New York Times investigative reporters comprehensively debunks the notion that Trump is a good businessman.
Our Local Correspondents
Eric Adams Stays Focussed, Avoids Distractions, and Grinds
As members of his inner circle get investigated by the F.B.I., the Mayor of New York City, quarantining with COVID, tries to play it cool.
In the Dark
The War Crimes That the Military Buried
The largest known database of possible American war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that the military-justice system rarely punishes perpetrators.
Video Dept.
A New Yorker Article Comes to Life in “Killer Lies”
A docuseries co-created by National Geographic and The New Yorker Studios adapts Lauren Collins’s profile of Stéphane Bourgoin, a French expert on serial killers.
Daily Comment
The Irresolvable Tragedy of the Karen Read Case
The trial, which ended on Monday in a deadlocked jury, became an object of obsession for offering up a mix of conspiracy, corruption, and hard-drinking oblivion.
Daily Comment
What Kind of Trouble Is Eric Adams In?
New York City’s mayor has downplayed the federal investigation into his campaign fund-raising, but, by dodging questions and obfuscating, he’s invited even more public scrutiny.
Photo Booth
The Enticing Mysteries of U.F.O. Photography
Among U.F.O. hunters, the lack of visual evidence has always been a vexing problem. That hasn’t stopped them from looking.
Q. & A.
Should Joe Biden Pardon Donald Trump?
According to Danielle Pletka, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, if the President “wants to deliver on his promise to heal the country, he could do so with one action.”
Our Columnists
Trump Is Desperately Trying to Define the Narrative About His Federal Indictment
Days before he appears in court to face seven criminal charges, the former President is trying to rally his base and elected Republicans behind his false claim that the case is “a hoax.”
Q. & A.
The Rationale for Releasing Trump’s Taxes
Richard Neal, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, explains what he hopes to accomplish by making public the former President’s tax returns.
Our Columnists
Why Is Trump Openly Embracing QAnon Now?
The former President is likely signalling to prosecutors that he won’t go quietly, so they had better beware.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Dismisses Fears That He’d Build Nukes: “I Couldn’t Even Build a Wall”
“There’s math, there’s science. Not gonna happen,” the ex-President said.
A Reporter at Large
Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?
The U.S. government arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The professors say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Hillary Clinton Helpfully Suggests that Republicans Look at Trump’s E-mails
“Given how hard he tried to keep them from being released, those must be some e-mails,” the former Secretary of State said.
News Desk
N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre’s Misleading Testimony About Free Yacht Trips in the Bahamas
Documents and accounts of former staffers, which raise questions about LaPierre’s statements, could strengthen the New York attorney general’s lawsuit to dissolve the gun-rights group.
Daily Comment
Is There a Smoking Gun in the January 6th Investigation?
As the Democrats discover what Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, and others did, experts say they must also enact reforms to safeguard democracy—while they still control Congress.