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The QAnon Candidates Are Here. Trump Has Paved Their Way., U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members, A Heat Wave, the Coronavirus: Double Spikes of Risk Hit Communities, Trump Raises New Objections to Subpoena Seeking His Tax Returns

Discover the best stories you might have missed in this newsletter, curated by Times editors and personalized for you. Discover the best stories you might have missed in this newsletter, curated by Times editors and personalized for you. Best of The Times Signature journalism of the last week Moris Moreno for The New York Times How the Coronavirus Has Changed Air Travel: A Visual Diary of a Flight In late June, a photographer flew from Seattle to Boston. This is a step-by-step visual account of the flight. Travel · Jul 9 Moris Moreno for The New York Times How the Coronavirus Has Changed Air Travel: A Visual Diary of a Flight In late June, a photographer flew from Seattle to Boston. This is a step-by-step visual account of the flight. Travel · Jul 9 The Decameron Project: New Fiction Twenty-nine short stories to help us try to understand this moment. Fiction by Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, Charles Yu, David Mitchell, Rachel Kushner and more. Magazine · Jul 7 Associated Press 'Now I Am Become Death': The Legacy of the First Nuclear Bomb Test The 75th anniversary of what's known as the Trinity explosion, the world's first nuclear weapon test, comes as tensions over nuclear devices intensify. U.S. · Jul 15 The Decameron Project: New Fiction Twenty-nine short stories to help us try to understand this moment. Fiction by Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, Charles Yu, David Mitchell, Rachel Kushner and more. Magazine · Jul 7 Associated Press 'Now I Am Become Death': The Legacy of the First Nuclear Bomb Test The 75th anniversary of what's known as the Trinity explosion, the world's first nuclear weapon test, comes as tensions over nuclear devices intensify. U.S. · Jul 15 News You Might Have Missed Stories, analyses and explainers The QAnon Candidates Are Here. Trump Has Paved Their Way. The conspiracy theorists accuse Democrats and even fellow Republicans of being beholden to a cabal of bureaucrats, pedophiles and Satanists. President Trump has cheered them on. Politics · Jul 14 Olivia Morley/The Rome News-Tribune, via Associated Press Olivia Morley/The Rome News-Tribune, via Associated Press The QAnon Candidates Are Here. Trump Has Paved Their Way. The conspiracy theorists accuse Democrats and even fellow Republicans of being beholden to a cabal of bureaucrats, pedophiles and Satanists. President Trump has cheered them on. Politics · Jul 14 U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries. Politics · Jul 15 Roman Pilipey/EPA, via Shutterstock Roman Pilipey/EPA, via Shutterstock U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries. Politics · Jul 15 A Heat Wave, the Coronavirus: Double Spikes of Risk Hit Communities The South and Southwest hit record temperatures over the weekend and meteorologists warned that heat will rise in the East and High Plains. Climate · Jul 15 Trump Raises New Objections to Subpoena Seeking His Tax Returns The effort came less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Manhattan district attorney to demand the records. New York · Jul 15 A Heat Wave, the Coronavirus: Double Spikes of Risk Hit Communities The South and Southwest hit record temperatures over the weekend and meteorologists warned that heat will rise in the East and High Plains. Climate · Jul 15 Trump Raises New Objections to Subpoena Seeking His Tax Returns The effort came less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Manhattan district attorney to demand the records. New York · Jul 15 ADVERTISEMENT Opinion Commentary from some of the world's most provocative thinkers Donald G. Mcneil Jr. Your Ancestors Knew Death in Ways You Never Will Some say we're doomed. But science and public spending have saved us from pandemics worse than this one. Jul 15 G. Dagli Orti/De Agostini, via Getty Images G. Dagli Orti/De Agostini, via Getty Images Donald G. Mcneil Jr. Your Ancestors Knew Death in Ways You Never Will Some say we're doomed. But science and public spending have saved us from pandemics worse than this one. Jul 15 Nicholas Kristof The Mistakes That Will Haunt Our Legacy As we topple statues, let's also search for our own moral blind spots. Jul 11 Ian Prasad Philbrick Why Does America Have Old Leaders? The age of elected leaders in other wealthy democracies is falling, not rising. Jul 16 Nicholas Kristof The Mistakes That Will Haunt Our Legacy As we topple statues, let's also search for our own moral blind spots. Jul 11 Ian Prasad Philbrick Why Does America Have Old Leaders? The age of elected leaders in other wealthy democracies is falling, not rising. Jul 16 Discover Coverage on topics we think you'll like John Taggart for The New York Times Scientists Have Finally Calculated How Many Hot Dogs a Person Can Eat at Once The world's best hot dog eaters could outeat a grizzly bear or a coyote, but would fall far behind a wolf or a Burmese python, a new study finds. Science · Jul 14 Pete Oswald 3 Picture Books: How to Hike, Camp, Relax in the Great Outdoors For families ready to roam free, these visually-driven stories celebrate the physical joys of wide-open spaces. Books · Jul 11 John Taggart for The New York Times Scientists Have Finally Calculated How Many Hot Dogs a Person Can Eat at Once The world's best hot dog eaters could outeat a grizzly bear or a coyote, but would fall far behind a wolf or a Burmese python, a new study finds. Science · Jul 14 Pete Oswald 3 Picture Books: How to Hike, Camp, Relax in the Great Outdoors For families ready to roam free, these visually-driven stories celebrate the physical joys of wide-open spaces. Books · Jul 11 Jean-Louis Fernandez Entering a Paris Theater, Warily, and Finding a Weight Lifted Audience members seemed to be asking one another, "Are we really doing this?" But the over-the-top physicality of "Ionesco Suite" was worth it. Theater · Jul 16 Jon Han Living With Aphantasia, the Inability to Make Mental Images When the mind's eye cannot see, counting sheep or navigating streets with a "mental map" can be impossible. Mind · Jul 15 Jean-Louis Fernandez Entering a Paris Theater, Warily, and Finding a Weight Lifted Audience members seemed to be asking one another, "Are we really doing this?" But the over-the-top physicality of "Ionesco Suite" was worth it. Theater · Jul 16 Jon Han Living With Aphantasia, the Inability to Make Mental Images When the mind's eye cannot see, counting sheep or navigating streets with a "mental map" can be impossible. Mind · Jul 15 🤞 Are we getting it right? To refine this experience, we need to hear from you. Are you enjoying this newsletter? Are we offering you the right mix of stories? Where can we improve? Send Us Feedback ➡️ To experience Your Weekly Edition at its best, stay logged in on NYTimes.com. 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