Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming

Plus: Boris Johnson inherits the Brexit crisis he helped create, and Dan Le Batard challenges ESPN's no-politics policy. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Why the Mueller Hearings Were So Alarming The wanton disrespect that Republicans showed Robert Mueller was perhaps the most disturbing testament yet to Donald Trump’s total conquest of the Party. By John Cassidy Letter from Trump’s Washington “Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes The Mueller report was tough on Trump. The Mueller hearing was tougher on Mueller. By Susan B. Glasser Q. & A. Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Mueller A lawyer who helped draft the special-counsel regulations discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Mueller’s statements. By Isaac Chotiner Culture Desk In Search of a Viral Moment at the Mueller Hearings The makers of cable news wanted the former special counsel to make some news, and he demurred. By Troy Patterson Letter from the U.K. Just How Crazy Is Boris Johnson? As Prime Minister, Johnson will find Brexit as unforgiving as his predecessor did. By Sam Knight Department of Newsletters Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. More in Culture Cultural Comment ESPN, Dan Le Batard, and the Refusal to Ignore Politics The network’s no-politics policy is aimed at fans who view sports as an escape, and want them to be walled off from the rest of the world. But they never have been. By Louisa Thomas Personal History The Assassin Next Door My family’s immigrant journey and James Earl Ray’s path to targeting Martin Luther King, Jr., intersected at an unglamorous corner of East Hollywood. By Héctor Tobar Culture Desk A World Without Mad Magazine Mad’s “Usual Gang of Idiots,” led by an insouciantly grinning mascot, subverted the comic form into an ideological weapon. By Jordan Orlando Culture Desk The Extreme Highs and Lows of Cuco’s Début Album, “Para Mí” There’s a weary innocence to the young musician, who has learned to become the heartthrob in his songs. By Hua Hsu Fiction Flash Fiction I Like Your Shoes “What she was starting to suspect was that the notes would accompany her for the rest of her life. That some god, ghost, or demon would go on, until the day she died, liking her shoes.” By Kevin Brockmeier Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Additional Things Alanis Morissette’s Other Hand Could Be Doing While she’s got one hand in her pocket. By AJ DiCosimo Daily Cartoon Thursday, July 25th By David Sipress 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.