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backstories Sydney’s Choice How The Bear cooked up season four’s best episode. By Roxana Hadadi
health What’s It Like Living With PCOS? Here’s What You Had to Say. We asked 120 women what they have done to manage their symptoms and had a panel of doctors try to make sense of the noise. By Bindu Bansinath
just asking questions The Democrat Who Thinks He Knows Where Epstein’s Secrets Are Ro Khanna is working in a bipartisan fashion to do what the Trump administration won’t. By Matt Stieb

Intelligencer

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What Critics Are Saying About Columbia’s Cave to Trump

Some acknowledge that the university had no choice and that the deal could be worse, but many fear that it sets some dangerous precedents. By Chas Danner

american affairs Trump Came in With a Lot of Political Capital. In 6 Months, He’s Squandered It. For a brief moment after the 2024 election, so much seemed possible for him. By Ross Barkan
early and often Trump Fights DEI by Making Farmworkers Drink Polluted Water The administration canceled funding for California workers whose drinking water was poisoned by pesticides. That’s injustice, not “anti-wokeness.” By Ed Kilgore
early and often Trump’s Job Approval Is Down, But Not Due to the Epstein Files The president gets low marks for his handling of the scandal. But polls suggest other issues are driving the popularity dip. By Ed Kilgore
politics Who Other Than Trump Is in Jeffrey Epstein’s Birthday Book? A present haunts its signers. By Nia Prater

the law
The Problem With Ghislaine Maxwell As a Witness Genuine cooperation between the Justice Department and Epstein’s convicted accomplice is possible, but there are so many ways it could go wrong. By Elie Honig

tremendous content All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations From replacing Obama’s portrait to paving over the Rose Garden, Trump’s décor changes reflect his second-term quest for dominance and revenge. By Margaret Hartmann

tremendous content Why Is Trump Still Using Terrible Hand Makeup? We know the medical reason for the bruise. That doesn’t explain why Trump’s hand makeup is giving “girl who stole mom’s concealer.” By Margaret Hartmann

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The Cut

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The Only Way to Group Travel Is Solo

By Tariro Mzezewa

encounter The Most Popular Girl in Soho Is a Brandy Melville Employee Why tourists line up to watch 17-year-old Allegra Pinkowitz fold baby tees.
gone sale-ing The Best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Fashion Deals From Gucci, Zankov, Agolde, Dries Van Noten, and more.
power Can RFK Jr. Track My Oura Ring? The HHS secretary says he wants all Americans to start wearing health-tracking devices. Here’s what that might mean for your private data.

culture Moms Are Melting Down Over Ms. Rachel Merch Her newest toy sold out within minutes. By E.J. Dickson
sex diaries The Interior Designer Whose Date Is a Sex Addict In this week’s story, a Los Angeles woman gets settled in her postdivorce life in Brooklyn. By Alyssa Shelasky
politics George Santos Dramatically Bids Adieu “The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed,” the former representative and forever diva wrote before heading to prison. By Olivia Craighead

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Vulture

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Hey, Remember When Emmy Episode Submissions Mattered?

Perhaps a return to the old ways is the solution to voter overwhelm. By Joe Reid

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

trailer mix All the Trailers Out of San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Ethan Slater, what are you doing here?! By Savannah Salazar
vulture games Cinematrix No. 487: July 26, 2025 Can you name a Zooey Deschanel movie that begins with A-I? By Britina Cheng
tv review Yep. King of the Hill’s belated 14th season is the best possible outcome for a nostalgia revival. By Nicholas Quah
first steps Why Everyone in Fantastic Four: First Steps Is Obsessed With a Baby Reed Richards and Sue Storm’s son, Franklin, is poised to be a major player heading into Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday. By Siddhant Adlakha

gold rush
Don’t Crown Colbert an Emmy Winner Just Yet It’ll probably take more than The Late Show’s cancellation to get him a statue come September. By Joe Reid

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3Quency Sang in the Rain and While Sick on Building the Band By Jennifer Zhan

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The Strategist

kitchen Replace This With That: An Exhaustive List of Plastic-Free Kitchen Swaps Alternatives for appliances, cookware, tools, utensils, gadgets, organizers, and cleaning supplies. By Emma Wartzman
sales A Huge List of Sales: Half-Off Camper Sandals and Lots of Lip Care Plus, back-to-school deals on wardrobe basics and school supplies. By Alexandra Polk
kitchen Ask the Strategist: Your Most Ultraspecific Plastic-Free-Kitchen Queries Nonplastic coffee makers, cutting boards, and Tupperware. By Emma Wartzman
small appliances Very Pleased With My Teflon-Free Ceramic Waffle-Maker We use this thing every single weekend. It has not left the counter. By Simone Kitchens
celebrity shopping What Naomi Ackie Can’t Live Without “I’ll just go out and get them knowing that I’m going to absolutely demolish the whole bag in one sitting.” By Naomi Ackie and Arielle Avila

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Curbed

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This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings

A perfect rom-com apartment in the West Village. By Nora DeLigter

get out of town A Kitchen With Six Skylights in Duchess County for $725,000 Plus a beach house that’s an hour and change from Penn Station. By Matthew Sedacca
street fights It Just Got 450 Percent More Expensive to Live in Carnegie House After a decade of bracing for impact on a land-lease reset, residents of the Billionaires’ Row co-op will see their fees skyrocket. By Kim Velsey
celebrity real estate Ellen DeGeneres Is Already Selling Her Cotswolds Estate After a renovation that caused a local uproar, the couple realized their $20 million compound didn’t have room for Portia’s horses. By Adriane Quinlan

street fights The Butchering of a Greenpoint Church A condo conversion was supposed to be better than a total demolition. The results were “an affront to god,” as one resident put it. By Adriane Quinlan
under a million A Park Slope Two-Bedroom With a Pair of Working Fireplaces for $999,000 And a funny little one-bed on Clinton Hill’s mansion row. By Matthew Sedacca
languishing Adam Neumann Is Trying to Sell His Gramercy Triplex Again This time without the guest apartment downstairs. And with a new price cut. By Matthew Sedacca

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Grub Street

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Late Show Writer Kate Sidley’s Grub Street Diet

“Laura’s coffee isn’t a beverage; it’s a weapon. I have two cups.”

what to eat Go Eat an Ice-Cream Sandwich The city is filled with new sandwiches made from brownies, blondies, babka, bread pudding, and more. By Charlotte Druckman
restaurant review Not So Little India Adda moved to the East Village and became a bigger, better version of itself in the process. By Matthew Schneier
trendlet Goat Brains and Veal Kidneys Now Cost an Arm and a Leg Offal prices are rising. Chefs still love them. By Adam Reiner
red tape How Hard Could It Be to Open a Cute Little General Store? In Sagaponack, a newly revived landmark is a blockbuster. A few towns over, it’s a very different story. By Nora DeLigter

guides
Where to Eat in July The best restaurants for right now. By Grub Street

the grub street diet Writer Aymann Ismail’s Grub Street Diet “I remember them thick and juicy, on a light bun, topped with chips, corn, peas, and a fried egg.” By Paula Aceves

restaurant review Does the New Fedora Live Up to Its Famous Name? The Village standard has gotten a makeover to meet its neighbors. By Matthew Schneier