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social studies The Big Little Penis Panic In the age of looksmaxxing, Trump, and “catching print,” men have seized on an enduring anxiety with new energy. podcast By Brock Colyar
extremely online The Feed Is Fake That “viral” song, movie, influencer, and celebrity drama you scrolled by recently was likely the result of a stealth marketing campaign. podcast By Lane Brown
health A Drugstore Secret for Treating Perimenopause? “Women will go to their doctors and say, ‘I take Allegra and Pepcid and my PMDD symptoms go away. It’s like magic.’” But does it really work, and why? By Katie Heaney

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Trump Thinks Dementia Test Proved His ‘Extreme Intelligence’

Trump announced the results of his health exam at Walter Reed, revealing that he somehow aced an IQ test without even taking one. By Margaret Hartmann

early and often Trump Abandons Toxic ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Whether the motivation was backlash from Republicans in Congress or rulings from federal judges, the disastrous $1.776 billion slush fund is no more. By Ed Kilgore
maine senate race 6 Good Questions in Light of Platner’s Sexting Scandal How this time might be different for Maine voters, why some people are shrugging it off, and what could come next. By Chas Danner
fed up Jerome Powell Shades Trump, Sends Message to Kevin Warsh The former Fed chair warned of administration meddling in accepting the JFK Profile in Courage Award. By Bess Levin
tremendous content Trump Adds ‘DronePort’ to White House Ballroom/Villain Lair In new renderings, the ballroom looks like a henchmen-filled compound James Bond must infiltrate to thwart Trump’s evil plan. By Margaret Hartmann

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The Civil-Rights Veterans Watching Their Victories Wiped Out There’s something perverse about boiling down attacks on Black voting rights to just partisan strategizing. By Zak Cheney-Rice

early and often California Governor’s Primary Closes As a 3-Way Brawl Steyer used his wealth to pry progressives from Becerra as Hilton consolidated the GOP vote. On Tuesday, we’ll see which two make it to November. By Ed Kilgore

the law How a Federal Judge Is Blowing Up Trump’s Slush Fund She is clearly furious — at getting played by the two Trump parties and at the slush fund itself. By Elie Honig

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encounter

Poppy Liu Won’t Be Silenced

The socialist actor was on the verge of quitting Hollywood. Then ‘I Love Boosters’ came along. By Cat Zhang

ask tefi ‘Is Dating Someone 7 Years Older Than Me a Bad Idea?’ Your choices are to possibly get hurt or always wonder what could have been, so you might as well ask the girl out.
personal finance The Man Who Puts Billionaires in Rehab Oftentimes, this means flying them to Florida on a private jet where they can be held against their will.
health A Drugstore Secret for Treating Perimenopause? “Women will go to their doctors and say, ‘I take Allegra and Pepcid and my PMDD symptoms go away. It’s like magic.’” But does it really work, and why?

celebrity Taylor Swift Made a Song for Toy Story 5 And she reunited with Jack Antonoff. By Emily Leibert
room service Sleepover With MUNA For Room Service, MUNA checks in with The Cut to talk lavender marriage, sharing beds on tour, and their proposition for Connor Storrie. By Cat Zhang
tastemakers Zehra Ahmed’s Go-to Los Angeles Spots Ahmed, an Angeleno, created an exhibit of free films that centers on the ideas of underrepresented womxn. Here are her favorite Los Angeles places. By Evan Nicole Brown

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at the box office

Who’ll Be the Next YouTuber to Make a Backrooms-Level Hit?

This weekend’s horror hits are bringing young people back into theaters in a way that’s already reshaping the industry. By Chris Lee

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

girl what happened Antoni Porowski Left Queer Eye with ‘More Questions Than Answers’ “The messaging, I swear to you, was always real and always coming from a truthful place. By Alejandra Gularte
tay story Taylor Swift Couldn’t Wait to Write a Song for Toy Story 5 “I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters.” By Alejandra Gularte
jump scare Ariana Grande Probably Loved Barbarian The music video for her song “Hate That I Made You Love Me” stars Justin Long. By Jason P. Frank
stage whisperer Gina Gionfriddo Does Mean Well After leaving theater for nearly ten years, the playwright is nominated for her first Tony for Becky Shaw. She’s ready for it. By Jason P. Frank

book review
I Keep Falling for Ann Patchett’s Slightly Maudlin Novels Her latest, Whistler, is full of unusually decent people. But it still made me tear up. By Emma Alpern

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The Boroughs’s Clarke Peters Wants Art to Keep Searching By Roxana Hadadi

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The Strategist

style Ask the Strategist: What Should I Wear to My First Internship? The answer depends on the internship you landed. By Bella Druckman
dining and entertaining Sheila Bridges’s Walmart Collection Is Good — and All Under $20 Featuring the designer’s Harlem Toile and Philadelphia landmarks By Lauren Ro
women’s apparel Hunza G Swimsuits Are Up to 63 Percent Off at Shopbop I found the best one-pieces and two-pieces and some cute cover-ups, too. By Cassie Hurwitz
father’s day gifts The Best Gifts for Grilling Enthusiasts, According to People Who Grill You won’t find extra-long tongs here. By Emma Wartzman and Katherine Gillespie
father’s day gifts The Best Gifts for Outdoorsy Dads, According to Outdoorsy Dads From a classy pocketknife to a 20-can cooler. By Katherine Gillespie

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Curbed

under a million

A Turtle Bay One-Bedroom With a Wall of Casement Windows for $799,000

And a two-bedroom in a nicely renovated brownstone in Bed-Stuy. By Matthew Sedacca

getting around Where’s Waymo? With autonomous-vehicle tests on pause, the city has a chance to demand more from the self-driving-car company. By Christopher Bonanos
design month What Lalanne’s Marvelously Sinister Marble-Bird Chairs Show Us At TEFAF and David Zwirner, marble and stone pieces remind us of a much more measured era of handcraft. By Camille Okhio
great rooms Where the Guests Sing For Their Supper At the home of a Gramercy couple, chicken potpie dinners are followed with Cole Porter by the piano. By Wendy Goodman

nyq What is Cats Star Tempress Chasity Moore’s NYQ? On a scale of morning commute to 11 o’clock number, what is the actress reinventing Grizabella’s NYQ? By Zach Schiffman
listings edit Are We Moving to Midwood Yet? This week’s worth-it New York City apartment listings. By Nora DeLigter
street fights The Battle Over the ‘Times Square of Brooklyn’ Dumbo residents fed up with tourism are resorting to guerrilla tactics to tame the streets. By Anne Kadet

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where to eat

Where to Eat in June

The best restaurants for right now.

the grub street diet Matt Rodbard Appreciates an In-Flight Meal “To hate on all airline food lacks imagination.” By Zach Schiffman
restaurant review Marcel Is Overcurated and Underwhelming The new restaurant inside the Breuer Building fails to live up to its famous location. By Matthew Schneier
openings Titán Is an All-Star Cantina Built for Regulars Alan Delgado and Ivy Mix are heading up the new spot in Dumbo. By Oset Babür-Winter
closings We Shouldn’t Have Taken Cozy Soup ’n’ Burger for Granted Rising rents and increased costs have claimed another downtown landmark. By Jason Diamond

where to eat
Where to Eat in June The best restaurants for right now. By Grub Street

convenience All of Our Restaurant Recommendations, Mapped The best restaurants, the best new restaurants, and the best affordable restaurants — together in one spot! By Grub Street