Jake Tapper says the media didn’t cover up Biden’s decline
On the Shelf Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again By Jake Tapper and Alex ThompsonPenguin Press: 352…
Biden audio release pressures Democrats who would rather talk about Trump
PHOENIX — Former President Biden’s time in office is behind him, but his age and mental acuity have become an issue for the next leaders in his…
Early maps show the ‘lost lands’ of Disneyland, new book reveals
There’s an oft-repeated Disneyland creation myth: Artist and animation art director Herb Ryman was given 48 hours to draw an early, heavily detailed and romanticized…
Fox News host Dana Perino on advice from George W. Bush
On the Shelf I Wish Someone Had Told Me ... By Dana PerinoHarper: 304 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times…
‘Expert of Subtle Revisions’ review: History, language aren’t neutral
Book Review The Expert of Subtle Revisions By Kirsten Menger-AndersonCrown: 256 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Brooke Shields tackles aging while female in a new book
On the Shelf 'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old' By Brooke ShieldsFlatiron Books: 256 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site,…
A culture that’s ready for a different kind of closeup
Book Review Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies By Manuel BetancourtCatapult: 240 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
Shari Redstone backs ‘CBS Mornings’ host over Coates interview
Paramount Global’s non-executive chair Shari Redstone publicly broke with the CBS News management team over its handling of a controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates…
Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks
WASHINGTON — President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel…
CBS News employees rattled after Tony Dokoupil interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates
“CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil will not face any further repercussions over his controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel, according to an executive…
Trump spoke to Putin since leaving office, Bob Woodward says in book
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19…
‘Peter Pan’ musical updated for Indigenous representation
Raye Zaragoza was just a child when she first auditioned to play Tiger Lily. It was the late ’90s, yet another “Peter Pan” project was…
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian talks about band’s future and activism in new book
Serj Tankian is a man of many talents. Aside from being the lead singer of rock band System of a Down, he’s also a solo…
‘I’m a liar. I’m a thief. I’m capable of almost anything.’
The girl on the cover of Patric Gagne’s new book, “Sociopath: A Memoir,” looks out impassively beneath uneven bangs, lips pursed in a way that…
Eric Klinenberg wants you to reexamine 2020: the worst year of our lives
Eric Klinenberg wants you to remember what was, collectively, the worst year of our lives. But he doesn’t just want you to recall 2020 —…
Gun violence and race explored in Jonathan Metzl’s ‘What We’ve Become’
On the Shelf What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms By Jonathan M. MetzlW. W. Norton & Company: 384 pages, $30…