The D.C. Brief Newsletter

1 day ago | time.com | Barry Levitt

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Survivors. Based on the 2020 novel by Jane Harper, Netflix’s new Australian series The Survivors follows a man named Kieran Elliott (Charlie Vickers) as he returns home to the (fictional) Evelyn Bay, a small coastal community in Tasmania. Fifteen years ago, tragedy struck the town when three people died in an accident—one for which many blame Kieran.

2 days ago | time.com | Barry Levitt

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Ginny & Georgia Season 3. Since it debuted in 2021, Ginny & Georgia has become a smash hit for Netflix. The story of a mother named Georgia (Brianne Howey) and her daughter Ginny (Atonia Gentry) has captivated audiences, making it one of the streamer's most-watched shows ever. It’s easy to understand the appeal; Ginny & Georgia is stuffed to the brim with drama, shocking revelations, murder, intrigue, and characters with shady pasts.

2 days ago | time.com | Jeffrey Kluger

The oceans need more care than they ever have before—and few people are taking on that job with more commitment than Diva Amon. A marine biologist at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, (Marc and Lynne Benioff are TIME's owners and co-chairs), Amon has a special love for the deeper reaches of the ocean—below 200 meters, where sunlight does not penetrate, pressures are up to 110 times that of sea level, and temperatures drop to 39°F.

2 days ago | time.com | Justin Worland

Troves of in-demand critical minerals sit untouched deep at the bottom of the ocean: nickel, cobalt, and copper, to name a few. With the stroke of a pen in April, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to catalyze a “gold rush” in pursuit of those deposits. The value of those minerals could total in the trillions, and the Trump Administration wants American companies to access them in a bid to bolster the economy.

2 days ago | time.com | Charlie Campbell

It’s around 10 a.m. each morning that Noemi Reyes’s heart fills with hope. That’s when her husband Marionito’s boat appears on the shimmering horizon of the Pacific. By the time his skiff has been hauled onto the shingle beach, it’s already clear whether his toil has been profitable. Today was not: just eight small sardines and mackerel from five hours casting handlines at sea. “Almost nothing,” laments their 11-year-old son, Cjay, as he clambers back up the slope to their shack.