Steve Hilton is leading in the polls in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by twenty per cent. Could he win in blue California?

The Golden State Warriors’ coach on playing with Michael Jordan in his prime, what he’s learned about leadership, and how outspoken is too outspoken in the league.

The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President’s actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028.

The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection “Fat Swim,” and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson.

The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.

Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on the rise of the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and how allegations of deceptive behavior continue to dog one of the most powerful figures in tech.

Olga Rudenko, the editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, explains how Russia is supporting Iran with drone technology, and how the worldwide shock to oil prices is helping Russia.

The New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas on the season’s biggest basketball stories.