Reporter Reads

Three years after she dropped out of the Tokyo Games with a mental block, she is back at the Olympics with a defiant attitude — and a sense of where she is in the air.

By Juliet Macur

For members of the U.S. shooting team, competitions may be the easy part. Just getting to them takes steely nerves and careful planning.

By Andrew Keh

Allison Reese, a comedian, does TikTok’s favorite impression of the vice president. She’s about to have a busy week.

By Callie Holtermann

The Games are supposed to be a fast track to urban renewal. The reality is often the opposite.

By Michael Kimmelman

About 500 top-level Ukrainian athletes and coaches have died in the war. Volodymyr Androshchuk promised his loved ones he would make it back.

By Jeré Longman and Oleksandr Chubko

For more than 200 pro athletes, the boutique investment firm Patricof Co is opening the door to the private equity market.

By Ken Belson

In two years, Texas has bused more than 119,000 people to Democrat-led cities, shifting both migration patterns and the debate over immigration. The list of cities keeps expanding.

By J. David Goodman, Keith Collins, Edgar Sandoval and Jeremy White

Even when she was talking about sex on her late-night radio show, Dr. Ruth Westheimer was focused on human connections.

By Allison Gilbert

Pete Wells is moving on from his role as the Times restaurant critic, a job with many rewards and maybe too many courses.

By Pete Wells

Our critic traces J.D. Vance’s shift from bootstrap memoirist to vice-presidential candidate.

By A.O. Scott