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It’s Spooky Season. Time to Read … Romance?

The rise of the sexy-cozy autumn read

The Variety Bag Has Ruined Halloween

Corporate consolidation and changing tastes have made kids’ holiday hauls boring.

This Year’s Best Horror Movies Go Beyond Jump Scares

The genre remains one of the most creatively rewarding in Hollywood.

Why Are Political Candidates Emailing Like Ex-Boyfriends and Car Salesmen?

Intimate greetings and overfamiliarity have become hallmarks of campaign-donation emails.

How to Lose Texas

Latinos helped put Trump in office. Now they’re over him.

‘A Man Must Eat Meat’

Why Republicans keep falsely accusing James Talarico of being a vegan

Can Democracy Survive the Next Financial Crash?

If the AI bubble bursts, Donald Trump will control a bailout apparatus with essentially limitless authority.

He Wanted to Save Children. Instead, He Unleashed Chaos.

The American tragedy of Edgar Maddison Welch

The Epstein-Pizzagate Connection

The seminal conspiracy theory of the Trump era gets a facelift 10 years later.

The Long, Weird Tale of Comet Ping Pong

Whatever happened to the D.C. pizza place that became a target for the internet’s darkest obsessives?

The Trump Aide Trying to Stop a Blue Wave

James Blair, the president’s top political strategist, planned for a different midterm cycle. Then Trump attacked Iran.

Hegseth Fires a Top General

The U.S. military may be planning a return to war, but the director of planning is out.

Why Wouldn’t Google Tell Me Who Won the 2020 Election?

The world’s most popular AI tool dodged a consequential question.

Trump Is Closing From Behind

His final plea to voters is not about the issues that matter the most to them.

A Stress Test for Prediction Markets

Is the industry ready for the midterms?

How Elon Musk Turned on Ukraine

No reliable alternatives exist to Musk’s satellite network, and Ukraine cannot survive for long without it.

Corruption Catches Up to MAGA

Voters’ worries about inflation and gas prices have seemed to dominate the midterms—but late polling shows another issue vaulting to the top of their list of concerns.

There Are Too Many Apps for That

An extraordinary number of vibe-coded apps are flooding the market. Is anyone actually using them?

What Should You Do With Your Money in the Age of AI?

Financial tips for AI doomers (and accelerationists)

The Man Who Risked Death Documenting ISIS

Omar Mohammed on life in Mosul under ISIS rule