The World and Everything in It: October 21, 2026
On Washington Wednesday: Democrats are negotiating the terms of power even before Election Day, while Sen. Slotkin wants a “deterrence message” sent to young people considering jobs with Trump. In Israel, voters face their first national election since October 7, with no official inquiry into the security failures. Plus: the painful rise of “no contact” families, smart refrigerators glitch out on their main job, and Janie B. Cheaney considers where we look for healing.