‘Misconduct in public office’
Briefing: A former prince arrested over the Epstein files. A former president sentenced to life for insurrection. + Why is Silicon Valley fighting with the EU?
‘Dependencies have become liabilities’
Feature: Why is Silicon Valley fighting with the EU? Anu Bradford on how American tech companies are enlisting the White House against European regulation.
Same city, same day
Briefing: Two negotiations—one led to progress, the other to a threat. North Korea builds homes for soldiers who won’t come back. + What’s online gambling doing to American society?
‘A casino in your pocket’
Feature: What’s online gambling doing to American society? Gerda Reith on the new “ecosystem” tech, finance, and marketing firms are cultivating together.
Signs of resistance
The weekend despatch: Courts, Congress, and the streets test their power in America. Centuries underground in the Belizean jungle. + What are cantigas?
The case closing itself
Briefing: Turkey’s new justice minister: the prosecutor who jailed the president’s main rival. Iran’s president says his government is “ashamed before the people.” + How did the open web go into such “rapid decline”?
‘Profiting from incuriosity’
Feature: How did the open web go into such “rapid decline”? Michael Socolow on why search engines have gotten worse, old links no longer work, and the internet is increasingly siloed.
A crackdown after the crackdown
Briefing: You don’t have to be against the regime to get arrested in Iran. The biggest electoral win in postwar Japan. + Why is betting everywhere now?
Empress of luck
Feature: Why is betting everywhere now? Gerda Reith on how it became so mixed up in sports—and then everything else.
What’s missing
The weekend despatch: The Epstein files, read cold. The Pope’s reflections on sports. + What’s Anatolian folk-rock?
