July 16, 2025 Issue

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FEATURE

How Mamdani won: The collapse of patriotism among affluent white people fueled the socialist’s rise

by Isaac Schorr

✪ Energy bills could be big but not beautiful in GOP-led areas

by Taylor Millard

✪ On Epstein and other things, how influential are Trump’s online supporters?

by W. James Antle III

✪ Banning the Muslim Brotherhood

by Sean Durns

✪ Pride in Budapest: Does a parade in Hungary’s capital augur trouble for Viktor Orbán?

by Will Collins

Your Land

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Where did all the male role models go?

by Conn Carroll

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Big Brother on your wrist

by Timothy P. Carney

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Family ties, and splits

by Emma Fuentes

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In stadiums nationwide, prices are up, and families are down

by Zachary Faria

Business

BUSINESS

Trump agenda law limits gambling loss deductions

by Zach Halaschak

BUSINESS

Millions of deaths by a thousand tax cuts? Not quite

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Teachers union — antifa ally

Washington Briefing

Benjamin Netanyahu pins his political future on Trump

by Michele Chabin

New York City mayoralty usually a political ceiling, not floor

by Joshua Spivak

The use of force resolution will be with you, always

The battle over Colorado’s Space Command isn’t over, but it may be ending soon

by Jamie McIntyre

The Columnists

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Timothy P. Carney

For parents, ‘big, beautiful bill’ is pretty drab

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Dan Hannan

The third-party breakthrough already happened — under Trump

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Dominic Green

Mamdani’s Salt Path to perdition

Life & Arts

Books

A history of teen movies

by Peter Tonguette

Sports

The WNBA should guard Caitlin Clark like gold

by Oliver Bateman

TV

Apple’s golf show Stick drowns us in therapy culture

by Graham Hillard

Film

Dino Another Day

Books

When books were actually banned

by Micah Mattix

Long Life

Reflections on 60

On Culture

Why used-car shoppers can ignore odometers

Books

A new book on police shootings tries to answer what were until very recently the biggest questions in public life

by Robert VerBruggen

More from the Magazine

Business

Trump agenda law limits gambling loss deductions

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Obituary

Michael Madsen, 1957–2025

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