A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Like pancake batter and old mattresses: five letters.

New Yorker writers name their favorite short books.

With a relaunch of “Keep the Meter Running,” on YouTube, the new-media host is trying to turn TikTok-clip fodder into full-blown TV.

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Try a few of these out at home. It can’t hurt, right?

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

From the What We’re Reading newsletter: kicking off our new books newsletter with a few recommendations.

From the daily newsletter: an interview with Sloane Crosley about her reporting on misophonia, a condition that causes sufferers to experience sound as extreme discomfort and pain.

The former First Lady keeps putting up hurdles for even the most sympathetic of readers.

On Trump at M.S.G., Victor Wembanyama’s newfound aggression, and how the young Spurs found their footing.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

Last year, the Republican congresswoman accused her ex-fiancé of sexual assault. It may have doomed her bid for South Carolina’s gubernatorial nomination.

The next decade won’t be Armageddon. But it will bring a lot of change.

Graham Platner looks to claim the Democratic nomination to face Susan Collins in the race for U.S. Senate; the former governor Paul LePage is vying for a congressional seat.

A moderately challenging puzzle.

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

While most ballroom dances are in 4/4 or 3/4 time, all of the Trump ballroom dances will be in 7/4. Think Pink Floyd’s “Money.”

Five Republicans, including Representative Nancy Mace, are vying to be the G.O.P.’s nominee in the gubernatorial race.

From the daily newsletter: a comprehensive investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate.

An unsigned order in an Alabama case rewards the state for engaging in what a lower court called “intentional racial discrimination.”

For the chef David Utterback, the sense that Omaha is underestimated is a source of both pride and torment.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

She was a Black and Indigenous woman who became famous for working in white marble. But the focus on her race can obscure the subtle, often contradictory triumphs of her art.

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

A challenging puzzle.

“The Lost Soldiers,” “Homebound,” “Once Upon a Time There Was Truth,” and “My World Is Melting.”

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?