Jill Lepore says that Musk misreads cautionary tales as instruction manuals. Plus: the grassroots anti-Musk movement known as Tesla Takedown; and the comedian revives the roast.

Ruth Marcus discusses whether the Supreme Court will yield to the President’s extraordinary assertions of power. And the director talks with Jelani Cobb about his new vampire film.

The microchip maker Nvidia is a Silicon Valley colossus. After years as a runner-up to Intel and Qualcomm, Nvidia has all but cornered the market on the parallel processors essential ...

The Trump Administration aims to prevent fair elections in 2026, Murphy says; “it won’t matter if we’re more popular than them.” And the noted religion scholar talks with David Remnick.

The CNN White House correspondent says that, however hostile, Trump still “seeks the validation of the press.” Plus, one Palestinian family contemplates annexation by Israel.

Gawande, until recently a senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., explains the agency’s importance, and what its undoing by DOGE will bring. Plus, the federal workers behind We the Builders.

The Russia scholar Stephen Kotkin looks at America’s turning point in supporting Ukraine. Plus, how the former senator got the gold bars that sent him to prison.

The Minnesota governor, who was Kamala Harris’s running mate, on what went wrong for the Democrats in 2024, and what they should do now that Donald Trump is back in the White House.

The Pennsylvania senator says the Administration is dumping “three feet of raw sewage” on America, “and we have a Dixie cup to bail out.” Plus, Richard Brody on the year in film.