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The secretary of defense who served John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson saw his reputation plummet along with America’s prospects in Vietnam. Review by Philip Terzian ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

The Big Ten has released a full breakdown of its men's and women's basketball schedules for the 2025-26 season. While the college basketball season is set to start in early November, the first Big Ten ...

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has received criticism over her new book suggesting President Trump is a fascist — which she’s been promoting in the wake of the ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe ...

A Louise Bourgeois biography, Joe Sacco’s latest graphic investigation, a Wifredo Lam catalog, a study of diasporic Nigerian women artists, and more. Curl up with an art book this autumn, from Kareem ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Cardi B and Matthew McConaughey got the chance to bond over their poetry skills when the actor stopped by Today With Jenna & Friends Tuesday. As a guest host for the day, ...

Robert Redford, the leading man with the golden-boy looks who won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and later became a godfather for independent film as founder of the Sundance Film Institute, ...

A collection of personal notes penned for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday offers a portrait of the convicted child sex offender through crude drawings, images and messages filled with sexual content ...

The deal for SenLinYu's novel is believed to be one of biggest in history for a new book's movie rights, not adjusted for inflation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer In a significant, seven-figure deal ...