The Circus Comes to the House Impeachment Inquiry

Plus: The making of Lebanon’s revolution, the entrepreneur behind Poo-Pourri, and Jenny Slate. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch The Circus Comes to the House Impeachment Inquiry The bipartisan hearings have become a test of how far some Republicans in Congress will go to defend Donald Trump. By Robert P. Baird Dispatch The Making of Lebanon’s October Revolution Protests against government corruption and austerity measures have led Prime Minister Saad Hariri to announce his resignation. By Helen Sullivan News Desk A Hunger Strike in ICE Ajay Kumar, an asylum seeker from India, went on a hunger strike to protest the “animal-like treatment” he faced in ICE custody. By Rozina Ali Our Columnists Trump Makes the Raid That Killed Baghdadi All About Him He presented himself as the mastermind behind the killing of the ISIS leader. By John Cassidy Recently in The New Yorker Dept. of Ecology A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires Throughout the twentieth century, federal policy focussed on putting out fires as quickly as possible, but preventing megafires requires a different approach. By Nicola Twilley Culture and More Personal History A Dark Ride Divorce and disillusion in the Magic Kingdom. By James Marcus Profiles Empire of Odor After making a fortune off Poo-Pourri, the serial entrepreneur Suzy Batiz is spreading her gospel of corporate mysticism. By Carina Chocano On and Off the Avenue Jenny Slate’s Netflix Special Is All About the Joy of Getting Dressed “Stage Fright” is a daffy window into the comedian’s influences and anxieties and appetites. By Rachel Syme Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New-Employee Contract for Our Cursed Office For further details on the dishwasher policy, please refer to the passive-aggressive note written in blood above the sink. By Briana Haynie and Ysabel Yates Daily Cartoon Tuesday, October 29th By Barbara Smaller 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.