“The President Was Not Exculpated”

Takeaways from today’s Mueller hearing. Plus: what happens when strangers debate immigration, and how Herman Melville wrote his masterpiece. View in browser | Update your preferences The Current Mueller Testimony: “The President Was Not Exculpated” In the first minutes of Mueller’s testimony, Democrats achieved a basic aim: contradicting Trump’s claims of innocence. By David Rohde The Current Would Trump Be Indicted If He Weren’t the President? The special counsel seemed to suggest that Trump could be charged with a crime—and then walked the claim back. By Eric Lach The Current The Unsurprising Recalcitrance of Robert Mueller Democrats clearly want the former special counsel’s blessing to impeach President Donald Trump, but it isn’t, as far as Mueller is concerned, his to give. By Osita Nwanevu More from The New Yorker Dispatch What Happens When Strangers Debate Immigration? A “deliberative polling” event in Texas tests whether discussion and information can improve the quality of voters’ opinions. By Masha Gessen Life and Letters Herman Melville at Home The novelist drew on far-flung voyages to create his masterpiece. But he could finish it only at his beloved Berkshire farm. By Jill Lepore Department of Newsletters Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Movie Club Newsletter Reviews of the current cinema, plus recommendations for classics and underrated treasures available on streaming services, every Friday. More in Culture Cultural Comment “Big Little Lies” Was a Metaphor for Hollywood After #MeToo Who gets custody of the entertainment industry in the Time’s Up world? By Michael Schulman On Stage Hannah Gadsby’s Song of the Self The monologuist’s new show, “Douglas,” is an act of recovery, or an act about recovery, in which solipsism masquerades as art. By Hilton Als Page-Turner The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber The Faber story speaks volumes about the mix of passion, shrewdness, and luck that it takes to keep a publishing house afloat. By Jonathan Galassi Culture Desk A Reconfiguring of a Langston Hughes Poem A new production of “The Black Clown” creates enough tension to hold viewers accountable as witnesses to tragedy. By Maya Phillips Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Reasons You, My Roommate, Should Adopt a Dog Our lease allows dogs, and we are not even taking advantage of this. By Amy Collier Daily Cartoon Wednesday, July 24th By Farley Katz Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.