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This is Donald Trump's July 4th message to the nation. He is making it clear that if he returns to the White House, every moment of his presidency will be focused on nothing but retribution.

If time has robbed Biden of too much of his power to protect the country against Trump, is giving it his “all” what Americans need? Notes on the ABC interview, by me newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

At times, Biden has invited comparisons to FDR for the scale of their challenges, but both men grappled with the seductions of longevity. FDR won his final election, but strained to perform the Presidency as he previously had. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Making sense of the assassination attempt on fmr Pres. Donald Trump: part 1 of my conversation today with Evan Osnos, ian bremmer & Tim Naftali

How will America move forward after the shocking attempt on fmr Pres. Donald Trump’s life? Part 2 of my conversation with Evan Osnos, ian bremmer & Tim Naftali

If Biden bows out, he may well draw on his belief, honed over decades, that you survive pain by turning it into purpose. The pain of withdrawing yields a new purpose: giving his successors the strongest hand to beat an aging, self-admiring Republican nominee.

In a life of nearly unimaginable turns, Joe Biden made yet one more. (by me) newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Biden out, Harris in— our The New Yorker podcast special with Evan Osnos Jane Mayer LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

This was a fun one

No podcast hosts are more satisfyingly omnivorous than John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea. Rome, Appalachia, Vilfredo Pareto, CIA, Xi Jinping, Putin, Tucker Carlson. Like a dinner convo with two guys no longer sworn to secrecy.

Evan Osnos, who wrote a biography on Pres. Biden, discusses the President’s address to the nation on Wednesday: “I don’t think that he is at peace with this decision.” Evan Osnos Walter Isaacson

Has there ever been a more quintessential Pelosi line than this? “You take a punch, but you have to be willing to throw a punch. For the children.” newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Great new podcast convo with my esteemed colleagues Susan Glasser and Evan Osnos- please tune in! The Harris-Walz Reboot | The New Yorker newyorker.com/podcast/politi…

Thanks to Fresh Air podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fre…

Rich with vivid China-related discoveries from archives across the U.S. and with urgent relevance to today. Pre-ordered. Michael Luo goes deep.

Great pod episode this week with James Carville and Paul Begala, revisiting the ‘92 classic doc about the Clinton campaign, ‘The War Room’—and how they think Harris can win in ‘24 cc: Jane Mayer Evan Osnos Hope you can listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Watching Biden without the pressures of the candidacy, he seemed, to borrow a phrase, a bit unburdened by what has been. It tempting to wonder how many of his peers might have held on to the end, come what may. Field notes from Chicago. newyorker.com/culture/the-le…

If American history is said to zig and zag, where are we in that path now? Enjoyed weighing that question with pod hosts Zachary Karabell Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 who consider this more deeply than most. It's right there in their name -- The Progress Network. link.chtbl.com/t1uN1qWj?=evan…

Our Washington roundtable considers how Donald Trump and Kamala Harris might approach next week’s showdown. “The stakes are genuinely huge,” Evan Osnos says. “As we’ve learned this year, debates can be actually decisive.” Listen here. nyer.cm/iRlerEa