Trump's Radical Proposal to Send Asylum Seekers to Guatemala

Plus: the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and Aziz Ansari's comeback special. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk Trump Could Sign a Radical Agreement to Send Future Asylum Seekers to Guatemala The biggest, and most unsettling, question raised by the agreement is how Guatemala could possibly cope with such enormous demands. By Jonathan Blitzer News Desk A Father, a Daughter, and the Attempt to Change the Census How Stephanie Hofeller’s estrangement from her family may have altered American political history. By Charles Bethea Our Columnists The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Goes Beyond Alex Acosta The issues raised by this saga go to the heart of the American class system, in which people of great wealth and social standing are able to buy their own brand of justice. By John Cassidy Cultural Comment The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari’s Comeback Special I got a weird feeling, watching “Right Now,” that the #MeToo story had liberated Ansari, forcing him to kill his old persona and give his new one teeth. By Doreen St. Félix News Desk Joe Biden’s Attempt to Get Serious on Foreign Policy In a Democratic field energized by concrete plans, Biden, in a sober speech on Thursday, instead offered a vision that was heavy on framing and light on details. By Eric Lach PAID POST The acclaimed new novel from Helen Phillips In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. Anointed as one of the most exciting fiction writers working today, The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives. Sports and Culture Our Columnists Martina Navratilova on Megan Rapinoe and Lesbians in Sports The tennis legend, who was the first American professional athlete to come out, talks about what has changed for lesbian sports stars over the past thirty years. By Masha Gessen Sporting Scene Federer and Nadal’s Wimbledon Rematch Showed Their Similarity The more they play, and the more they distance themselves from almost everyone else, the more they seem to share. By Louisa Thomas The Front Row “Sword of Trust” Takes on the Pro-Confederate Right Lynn Shelton’s mumblecore comedy insightfully tethers the urgencies of the moment to long-standing underlying forces in American politics and culture. By Richard Brody Sporting Scene Kawhi Leonard and the N.B.A. Free-Agent Kaleidoscope Part of the pleasure of anticipating which players will be traded is the idea that you need chemistry to win championships. And chemistry can be hard to predict. By Thomas Beller Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts A Rosé by Any Other Name: Welcome to Duty Free Time to indulge in a little “me time.” By Tracey K. Berglund Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword N.Y.C. representative who ran on a platform of Medicare for All: three letters. By Aimee Lucido 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.