Republican presidential candidate John Kasich surveys his competition; Lewis H. Lapham analyzes the 2016 election so far.
Justin Trudeau becomes prime minister-designate of Canada, a three-year-old boy drives a car, and Malaysia bans the Love and Sex with Robots conference
“The amazing thing about these people is that they are living as they believe they ought to. Imagine being able to say that!”
President Obama extends the timeline for America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, a category-four typhoon hits the Philippines, and a hen runs a fast-food chicken restaurant’s Twitter account
A U.S. intelligence-community employee leaks secret drone-strike documents; Daniel Swift discusses the history of bombing
Lewis H. Lapham discusses the presidential election, Barry C. Lynn reports on China’s leverage over the U.S. economy, Sallie Tisdale searches for the perfect brassiere, and more
Russia drops thermobaric bombs on Syrian antigovernment forces, an independent expert calls the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice “objectively reasonable,” and a girl in Texas can’t stop sneezing
A gunman kills eight students and a professor in Oregon, the Palestinian Authority says it will no longer honor the Oslo Accords, and a candidate for the U.S. Senate admits to killing a goat and drinking its blood
“By committing to the great emotional extremes demanded by Greek tragedy,” says Bryan Doerries, author of The Theater of War, “the actors are in effect saying to the audience: 'If you want to match our emotional intensity, that would be fine.'”
Pope Francis comes to America, Volkswagen recalls 11 million vehicles, and a Washington State school bans tag