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The Consulting Crash Is Coming
Bloated, overpaid, and outpaced by AI—big firms confront a future they can’t outsource.
Joe Nocera
Israeli Researcher Says Stanford Shunned and Sabotaged Him After Hamas Attack
Shay Laps alleges in a lawsuit that his lab results were tampered with and an investigation of him was fabricated.
Maya Sulkin
The Astronaut Caught in the Trump-Musk Crossfire. Plus. . .
Is Mayor Eric Adams the only man who can beat Mamdani? Are Syria and Israel really on the verge of a historic deal? Is ‘Love Island’ the cure for Gen…
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The Billionaire Astronaut Caught in the Trump-Musk Crossfire
Washington drama cost Jared Isaacman his dream job running NASA. He tells Gabe Kaminsky why he isn’t done with politics.
Gabe Kaminsky
Is Peace Between Israel and Syria Really Possible?
With new leadership in Damascus, Trump wants a deal between the two countries. That will be a tall order.
Michael Oren
Only Eric Adams Can Stop Mamdani
Gaffe-prone. Goofy. Quite possibly a grifter. Eric Adams is still New York’s best hope of avoiding Mayor Mamdani.
Will Rahn
What ‘Love Island’ Gets Right About Dating
In an age of romantic apathy, ‘Love Island’ succeeds where modern dating fails.
Sascha Seinfeld
Trump Says: Drill, Baby, Drill. The Stock Market Says: No Way.
The big, beautiful bill favors fossil fuels over solar and wind. So why is the stock market punishing drilling companies and rewarding solar and wind…
Peter Coy
Tyler Cowen: Why Won’t Socialism Die?
The simple explanation is that people like free stuff. What’s actually happening is a nationwide case of bad vibes.
Tyler Cowen
The Death of the Public Library. Plus. . .
The forgotten American. The man conspiracy theorists blame for the Texas flood. The other immigrant crisis. And much more.
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Meet the Man Conspiracy Theorists Have Blamed for Texas’s Biblical Flood
The 25-year-old CEO of Rainmaker on what cloud seeding is—and why it’s not to blame for the devastating floods in Central Texas.
River Page
The Other Immigrant Crisis: Identity Theft
To work in America, some people steal Social Security numbers. Their victims pay a steep price. ‘It’s my life they’re playing with, and it’s not fair.’
Frannie Block and Madeleine Rowley
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