Why Trump's Fourth Secretary of Homeland Security Just Resigned

Plus: two of Giuliani’s associates are indicted, and Eliud Kipchoge breaks the two-hour barrier in the marathon. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk Why Trump’s Fourth Secretary of Homeland Security Just Resigned Kevin McAleenan passed as a moderate, data-driven steward of D.H.S. in the context of Trump’s Washington, but by almost any other standard, his aggressive measures have wreaked havoc on the lives of migrants. By Jonathan Blitzer Our Columnists Rudy Giuliani’s Two Indicted Associates Could Have a Lot to Say They clearly played significant roles in the Giuliani-inspired effort to pressure the Ukrainian government to help Donald Trump get reëlected. By John Cassidy The Sporting Scene Gymnastics Needs to Keep Up with Simone Biles Many gymnasts now sacrifice form and safety to eke out brassy, high-scoring skills. Biles pairs immense difficulty with impeccable execution. By Eren Orbey Campaign Chronicles The Politics of Social Video NowThis noticed that if it made videos on guns, race, and climate change people would share them. Politicians took notice, too. By Eric Lach The Sporting Scene Eliud Kipchoge Breaks the Two-Hour Barrier in the Marathon On the streets of Vienna, on Saturday, Kipchoge ran a time that was, until recently, considered impossible. By Ed Caesar PAID POST A searing look at the richest, most destructive industry on earth. In Blowout, Rachel Maddow investigates corruption and greed within the oil and gas industry. The stakes have never been higher—democracy either wins this one or disappears. More in Culture Culture Desk Chanel Miller’s Political Survivorship In her memoir, the victim of the Stanford rape case uses her trauma as a mode of human insight. By Doreen St. Félix On Television A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal The movie knows a thing that is, apparently, rather difficult to say: that the system of higher learning in the United States is a scam at its essence. By Troy Patterson The Front Row Pedro Almodóvar’s Stifled “Pain and Glory” The movie’s extraordinary moments are planted like index cards. By Richard Brody Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword: Friday, October 11, 2019 Walkie-talkie sign-off: ten letters. By Patrick Berry Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts The Art of the Comeback Advice for dealing with passive-aggressive comments. By Liana Finck Blitt’s Kvetchbook Trump Crying-Cat Memes The forty-fifth President displaying moments of vulnerability. By Barry Blitt 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.