The Political Scene: The Invisible Man
Will Majority Leader John Thune protect the Senate from irrelevance? Thune has said that he has to make it clear to the White House that DODGE cannot cut government without Senate approval, as Elon Musk appears to have done repeadetly.

The Political Scene: You Mad, Bro?
Young men have gone MAGA. Can the left win them back?

The Political Scene: Texas Roundup
How Greg Abbott made his state the staging ground for Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign.

Our Local Correspondents: Where’s Elvis?
Bandits grabbed a kitschy plaster bust. Was it a theft or a liberation?

Annals of Higher Education: As Harvard Goes
Free-speech battles and outside pressures threaten American universities. Will the oldest bend or break?

American Chronicles: Tragedy at Rock Springs
In 1885, white rioters killed dozens of Chinese immigrants. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.

A Reporter at Large: Sisterhood
A remarkable alliance between an order of Catholic nuns and the women on Texas’s death row.

Onward and Upward with the Arts: Stepping Out
High-school band contests turn marching into a sport—and an art.