Amy Davidson Sorkin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2014. She has been at the magazine since 1995, and, as a senior editor for many years, focussed on national security, international reporting, and features. She helped to reconceive newyorker.com, where she served as the site’s executive editor. She is a regular Comment contributor for the magazine.
The President is very wrong about how well the United States is handling the pandemic, relative to the rest of the world. And yet even arguing the point misses how sordid his basic position is.
In a pair of 7–2 decisions handed down on Thursday, the Court ruled that the President’s financial records can be reviewed by prosecutors, and that the Presidency does not give Trump the “absolute immunity” he claims it does.
The W.H.O. official’s words were terribly misleading, but the organization quickly clarified that social distancing and masks are not just for those who clearly have symptoms.
In remarks on George Floyd’s death, the former President seemed certain, to his bones, that the current situation was not a complete disaster—or at least not an irredeemable one.
In defending the recent travels of a senior adviser to the Prime Minister, was the government contorting its coronavirus guidelines to fit his actions?
The cost of keeping children out of classrooms is unquestionably high, educationally and socially. But reopening is not simply a matter of turning a key.
