House Resolution Calls on Russia to Free Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

The measure urging Moscow to release Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on assignment, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine, earned the unanimous backing of the House.Read More
Cormac McCarthy’s Best Books: A Guide
McCarthy applied a stark, merciless vision to his stories of misfits and the apocalypse. Here’s where to start with his work.Read More
G.O.P. Rebels Are Breaking the Rule on Rules, Upending How the House Works

Those challenging Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the far right are violating a longstanding House tradition, fundamentally changing the nature of the chamber in ways that point to major dysfunction ahead.Read More
Cormac McCarthy Movies: Stream These 5 Film Adaptations
The Coens and Ridley Scott are among the directors who took big swings at the novelist’s work. The distinctive writer left his mark on the big screen.Read More
U.N. Monitor Aims to Cross Front Line to Inspect Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

The destruction of a hydroelectric dam last week unleashed a flood and threatened the water supply needed to cool the battle-scarred Zaporizhzhia plant.Read More
Trump Ordered Not to Discuss Case With Walt Nauta

The restrictions placed on the two men are common for co-defendants in a criminal matter, but they could be particularly challenging to uphold given that Walt Nauta’s job is Mr. Trump’s personal aide.Read More
Pat Sajak Was the Center of the Wheel
For decades, the soon-to-retire “Wheel of Fortune” host was … just there. That was the whole point of him.Read More
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89

“All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.Read More
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To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine

Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old days stranger than you remember.Read More