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CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.

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A Conspiracy of Silence • The president’s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.

The Anxiety of Age I know what it’s like.

The Party Abides • Democrats are making a terrible mistake sticking with Biden.

Who, Me? • Gretchen Whitmer’s sudden entrance into presidential politics.

Neighborhood News: It Was Hot and Sticky • July heat causes old-fashioned troubles for the Third Avenue Bridge.

IMMUNOTHERAPY IS CHANGING CANCER TREATMENT FOREVER. • His Brain Tumor Was a Hopeless Case. Then an Experimental Medicine Made It Melt Away.

IN DENIAL • INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SAYING “NO.” HOW FOUR VERY PERSISTENT PATIENTS GOT THEIR MONEY.

Blindsided by Breast Cancer • WHEN A MAMMOGRAM HIDES A DEADLY TRUTH.

HOW BILLIONAIRES DIE • THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE, THE LONGER YOU LIVE—UNTIL …

When You Know You Might Forget Everything • LIVING WITH THE ALZHEIMER’S GENE.

A Bedside Lamp • That Won’t Wake Up the Person Next to You

Best Bets • A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the bedside lamp—in one place, scan the QR code.

The New Axolotl Is a Capybara

I Discovered These Japanese Sandals in Basque Country

We Found an Even Better Pair of Underwear

How I’d Redo My Baby Registry: Three Kids Later

The Best Polos for Men, According to Stylish Guys • I talked to self-professed sporty coastal elites as well as everyday fellows with good taste for their recommendations.

Surviving Sweating Season • ON THE OCCASION of this horrifically hot summer, we brought together a particularly sweaty crew of Strategist writers to talk about how they are dealing with the dampness.

The Campus • We went upstate for the opening of Bortolami, James Cohan, kaufmann repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps, and kurimanzutto’s shared art space in an abandoned high school in Claverack.

Good Modernist Bones • James Spindler and John Vitale bought their U.N. Plaza apartment from the family of its original owner, who had decorated it as though it were a prewar. They opened it up.

THE BEST RESTAURANTS OF 2024—SO FAR • SIX MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, some stocktaking is in order. Our restaurant critic and “Underground Gourmet” columnist have each gone back through their Notes apps and blurry, surreptitiously snapped reference photos to see how the city’s newest restaurants are shaping up. These are the eight spots they’ve loved most up to now.

Mark Ladner Is Back • America’s leading lasagna whisperer lands a new gig.

Here Comes Din Tai Fung, Finally • Some famous soup dumplings arrive on Broadway.

Going Derry Free • Saoirse-Monica Jackson on life after Derry Girls and her role in a new Netflix comedy series.

Lev Grossman Takes His Time • The best-selling author of The Magicians trilogy is back with his first book for adults in ten years, The Bright Sword. All it took to finish was a transpacific move.

The Song of the Summer Is a Color

Glen Powell’s Charm Offensive Is Working • He may never transcend Cruise or McConaughey’s level of stardom, but he gets how to play the long game.

CRITICS • Alison Willmore on Sing Sing … Kathryn VanArendonk on a new season of The Bear … Craig Jenkins on the Lil Yachty–James Blake team-up album, Bad Cameo.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. JULY...