the To Do List

Charting a New Coarse

Washington, D.C.— President Barack Obama and Donald Trump sit on

We Shall Overcomb

Washington, D.C.— Anti-Trump protesters ride a packed Metro-rail train on

Are We There Yet?

Banjul, Gambia— Hours after Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s longtime authoritarian leader,

Got Shorty

Islip, New York— He was the world’s most notorious narco—an

LEFT?WING HAWKS

Russian hacking is spurring a revival of Cold War liberalism

OUT OF HIS LEAGUE

Did anti-American prejudice end Bob Bradley’s dream of coaching a team in the English premiership?

STATE OF RESISTANCE

California is preparing to lead a national revolt against Donald Trump, fighting him on climate change, trade and that ridiculous wall. Gird your loins and pass the sunscreen

THE THINGS THEY BURIED

DURING THE LAST BATTLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR, THREE U.S. MARINES WENT MISSING. THE MILITARY SAID THEY DISOBEYED ORDERS AND LIKELY DIED IN THE FIREFIGHT. BUT THE BRUTAL WAR THAT STARTED WITH A LIE MAY HAVE ENDED WITH ONE AS WELL

TOOTH: HEAL THYSELF!

Drug developed for Alzheimer’s disease helps mice’s teeth fix cavities

DUBIOUS DOSES

Marketers exploit the aged with unproven brain-health claims

ON THE UP

Novels, plays, clambering about on roofs—is there anything Katherine Rundell can’t do?

IT EATS MUSTANGS

America’s other favorite muscle car recently turned 50. Go get a speeding ticket

So Precious

But Matthew McConaughey can’t make Gold glitter

BRIGHT SPARKS

M. Dupont would be delighted: After 75 years, his lighters are getting some nifty new technology