National Review

Law & the Courts

Man Accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder and Assault

By Caroline Downey 8:51 AM

If convicted of attempted murder, Matar could face up to 25 years in prison.

U.S.

An American Military, Etc.

By Jay Nordlinger 7:57 AM

Reader mail on a variety of issues, including the U.S. armed forces.

Education

Student Mismatch: One of the Numerous Problems Caused by the Diversity Mania

By George Leef 7:23 AM

It’s had bad consequences for everyone except the people who now have jobs as ‘diversity’ administrators — jobs that need not exist.

World

Another Setback for John Kerry

By Andrew Stuttaford 6:57 AM

Having failed to get China and now India on board with his agenda, our climate Metternich does not seem to be proving as effective as he might have hoped.

NR PLUS Education

The Oakland Phonics Fee-Ass-Co

By Luther Ray Abel 6:30 AM

One California school district admits that scrapping phonics was a bad idea. We can only imagine how it came to this . . .

NR PLUS Capital Matters

Singapore Is Not a Free-Market Paradise

By Jacob Hjortsberg 6:30 AM

There are three main elements of the Singaporean system that allow it to operate, and they demonstrate that the country is far from a free-market paradise.

Impromptus

Salzburg Journal

By Jay Nordlinger 6:30 AM

Photos, points, and aperçus from Mozart’s hometown.

Film & TV

The Oscars Apologize: A History

By Armond White 6:30 AM

Hollywood’s Big Lie is that the Academy Awards are about art.

NR PLUS Education

Big-City Public Schools Struggle with Declining Enrollment Post-Pandemic

By Brittany Bernstein 6:30 AM

NYC public schools expect to lose 30,000 students this fall — a decline Mayor Adams has called a ‘massive hemorrhaging of students.’

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

Is Lincoln Speaking to Us?

By John Walters 6:30 AM

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin could be the very kind of tyrants that Lincoln warned us about.

U.S.

NYC Attempted-Murder Suspect Dismissed from Court after Charge Reduced to Misdemeanor

By Caroline Downey 8:14 PM

The victim was hospitalized in a coma with a skull fracture, bleeding on the brain, and other injuries.

Politics & Policy

The IRS Is Your Friend

By John Fund 7:20 PM

A California congresswoman says Americans want the IRS to have more agents.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

A Surprise Turn in the Trump Search-Warrant Case

By Andrew C. McCarthy 7:09 PM

A magistrate judge has ordered the DOJ to propose a redacted affidavit for publication.

NR PLUS Elections

Pro-Life GOP Governors Lead in Battleground States

By John McCormack 6:45 PM

Republicans’ diminished electoral prospects elsewhere may have more to do with candidate quality than abortion policy.

NR PLUS U.S.

Prominent Putin Critic Dies under Mysterious Circumstances in D.C., Friends Suspect Foul Play

By Diana Glebova 4:21 PM

‘So much in this doesn’t make sense, that clarifying this has got to be a very, very high priority,’ a friend of Rapoport’s told NR.