The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

David Remnick writes about a nation anticipating chaos. Plus: Jane Mayer on Kimberly Guilfoyle’s alleged sexual misconduct at Fox News. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos The October surprise is here. By David Remnick Campaign Chronicles What Trump’s Coronavirus Test Means for the Presidential Campaign While running on a platform of denialism, the President tests positive. By Eric Lach News Desk The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Departure from Fox A former assistant at the network accused Guilfoyle, who is now one of the Trump campaign’s top fund-raising officials, of sexual harassment—and of attempting to buy her silence. By Jane Mayer Daily Comment The Catholic Right’s Consolidation of Power Conservative Catholicism’s embrace of the President points to an argument that the movement’s lofty political philosophy is prone, in practice, to sponsor a kind of autocracy. By Paul Elie From the Magazine Onward and Upward with the Arts A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi The pioneering painter survived a rape, but scholars are pushing against the idea that her work was defined by it—and celebrating her rich harnessing of motherhood, passion, and ambition. By Rebecca Mead Culture and More Cultural Comment The Futility of Rolling Stone’s Best-Albums List How do you rank Joni Mitchell, the Notorious B.I.G., and Ornette Coleman? By Sheldon Pearce The Front Row A Daughter’s Exuberant Collaboration with Her Dying Father The documentary “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” by the cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, does more than record and preserve her relationship with her father; it transforms it. By Richard Brody Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts “The Apprentice 2021”: Tax Masters Edition “If you and your fellow-citizens had been a little more interested in playing golf and a little less interested in teaching, this country wouldn’t be such a disaster.” By Billy Kimball and David Mandel Daily Cartoon Friday, October 2nd By Joseph Dottino and Alex Pearson This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.