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How J.D. Vance Became Trump’s Pet Liar

‘I told them these claims were baseless.’ Vance didn’t care. By Jonathan Chait

scandals What the Jeffrey Epstein Documents Reveal About Donald Trump Trump’s name has been on the list of Epstein pals for years. As new files are unsealed, here’s everything we have learned about their relationship. By Margaret Hartmann
early and often What a GOP Senate Takeover Would Mean for the Country A Republican-controlled Senate could be a moderating influence on a second Trump administration or a big obstacle to a Harris administration. By Ed Kilgore
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Trump Is a Threat to Democracy. Saying So Is Not Incitement. Opposing political violence does not mean ignoring authoritarianism. By Jonathan Chait

early and often Vance Scolds Dems for ‘Fascist’ Jab, Which Trump Uses Often J.D. Vance said we must stop saying “one candidate is a fascist.” His running mate used the term for Kamala Harris repeatedly. By Ed Kilgore

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Florence Pugh Is Dating a New Guy

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The 25 Gnarliest Body Horror Movies, Ranked

What if you couldn’t distance yourself from something horrific, because it’s impossible to escape your own flesh and blood. By Rory Doherty

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

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the tortured posters department Zach Bryan Ding-Dong-Ditched the Swifties “Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!!” By Jason P. Frank

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Why Was the Miami Vice Pilot So Good? When the pastel-soaked, cocaine-coated cop show aired 40 years ago, contemporary TV was born. By Matt Zoller Seitz

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shoes These On Running Shoes Are 40 Percent Off (Till Midnight) It’s time to upgrade your old gym sneakers. By Jeremy Rellosa
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mattresses I Found Truly the Firmest Mattress in the World in Taiwan It’s made for Taiwanese expats (and anyone else) who prefer to sleep hard. By Lisa Cheng Smith
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Ikea’s New Secondhand Shop Looks a Lot Like Facebook Marketplace

A closer look at the company’s new “Preowned” concept. By Lindy Segal

a truly terrific new york listing An Abandoned Red Hook Building Redesigned for a Cookbook Author An open kitchen on the top floor meant Jessie Sheehan could perfect her recipes and look out onto the New York Harbor. By Adriane Quinlan
great rooms Making Plant Kween’s Crown Heights Apartment Bloom Just add wallpaper and lots of sun. By Wendy Goodman
under a million A Chelsea One-Bedroom With a Pool for Under a Million Plus a loftlike Park Slope one-bed with tin ceilings and two working fireplaces. By Kim Velsey

chapters The Summer When the New York Post Chased Son of Sam An oral history of the tabloid race to cover the serial killer By Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo
brick and mortar Where Sarah Jessica Parker and Simon Doonan Got Their Ribbons Remembering M&J Trimming, a Garment District institution that will soon be closing its doors. By Fiorella Valdesolo
my first new york Rumaan Alam Moved to New York With a Bottle of Acqua di Giò and $300 The novelist on his early years scrimping in New York, even after getting a job at Condé Nast. By Clio Chang

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Bridges Opens Next Week With Eel Dumplings and Comté Tart

Chef Sam Lawrence cooked at Estela before striking out on his own.

restaurant review Cafe Mado Is a Worthy Return to Locavore Cooking A neighborhood café takes ingredient fetishism to the extreme. By Matthew Schneier
what to eat ‘True’ Bangladeshi Cooking Comes to Queens Mezban House specializes in authentic flavors not typically found in any of the city’s restaurants. By Chris Crowley
underground gourmet For the Very Best Granola, Get to a Bakery Yes, you could buy it at a supermarket, but it’s better when it’s fresh. By Tammie Teclemariam
coming soon Soho Is Getting a New Artists’ Restaurant Hauser & Wirth’s Manuela is equal parts showroom and restaurant. By Ella Quittner

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Where to Eat in September The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart

the grub street diet Jeremy Salamon’s Grub Street Diet “My staff likes to make fun of me because I keep a stash of deli meat in the basement.” By Emma Alpern

restaurant review Le Veau d’Or Is Excellent Again The Frenchette crew has taken over the 87-year-old restaurant, and the snails are as garlicky and the duck as pink as ever. By Matthew Schneier