The New Yorker - All Business

Donald Trump came close on Thursday, ousting J. D. Vance as his Iran negotiator days after the Veep blamed the war for the Republicans’ midterm losses.

From the daily newsletter: a profile of the classical composer Max Richter.

In the dazzling meta-drama, two filmmakers—one the brainchild of the other—ponder what friends owe one another and what artists owe themselves.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Bringing the French general to the big screen has historically been a fraught enterprise. Antonin Baudry says that his two-part epic succeeded because it “managed to crack the character.”