Joe Biden Calls Republicans Time-Wasting Liars After Impeachment Vote
“Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better,” the president said, “they are focused on attacking me with lies.
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Hispanic Democrats Come Out Fighting At Prospect Of Asylum-Ukraine Deal
A key bloc for any potential bargain, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus blasted possible planks of a deal.
ChatGPT Is Turning the Internet Into Plumbing
There is a tension at the heart of ChatGPT that may soon snap. Does the technology expand our world or constrain it? Which is to say, do AI-powered chatbots open new doors to learning and discovery, or do they instead risk siloing off information and leaving us stuck with unreliable access to truth?Earlier today, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, announced a partnership with the media conglomerate Axel Springer that seems to get us closer to an answer.
The Wrong Questions About Ukraine’s War
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.American legislators demand scenarios for war termination that neither Ukraine nor the Biden administration can provide, because critics of Ukraine aid are asking the wrong questions.
Is This How Amazon Ends?
When you’re shopping around for something on Amazon, you’re probably hoping to end up with a product that is good enough. Many of the site’s stock images and product descriptions have an unpredictable relationship to the objects you’ll actually receive; to guard against surprises, you frequently need to peruse the ratings and reviews left by the shoppers who came before you.
The World Has a New Floor for Climate Ambition
This morning in Dubai, after a long night of consultations, the world struck a deal that will guide countries’ commitments to fixing climate change. For the first time in the nearly 30 years of the Conference of Parties, a COP document managed to directly address reducing fossil fuels. The text “calls on parties” to transition “away from fossil fuels in energy systems.
Rep. Greg Casar: Biden Must Not Cave on GOP’s Hard-Line Immigration Demands in Ukraine Funding Request
President Biden appears to be caving to hard-line Republican demands for a new crackdown on asylum seekers and immigrants nationwide in exchange for more Ukraine funding. As negotiations on the emergency funding request continue, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Greg Casar of Texas about how he and other lawmakers oppose “some of the worst changes to our immigration system in decades.
Exclusive: Palestinian Diplomat Who Went Viral for U.N. Speech Says Israel & U.S. Are Isolated on Gaza
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza: 153 U.N. members approved the resolution, 23 abstained, and just 10, including the United States, voted “no.” The vote is nonbinding but adds to the mounting isolation faced by the U.S. for its ongoing support of Israel’s assault that has killed at least 18,000 Palestinians in just over two months.
Phase Down, Not Phase Out: COP28 Deal on Fossil Fuels Disappoints Activists & Vulnerable States
As the United Nations climate summit ends with nations pledging to transition away from fossil fuels instead of explicitly calling for a fossil fuel phaseout, we go to the COP28 site in Dubai for a debrief with Asad Rehman, spokesperson for the Climate Justice Coalition.
Contraception is a winning issue, conservative strategists tell GOP
Former Trump confidante Kellyanne Conway and other strategists are citing poll data showing strong demand among GOP voters for birth control after the fall of Roe.
Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say
The Texas Supreme Court subsequently ruled against her.
The health care busts that follow mining’s boom-time benefits
Good mining jobs with good benefits can counterintuitively hurt access to care.
Dems want to focus on abortion rights. A Trump ally may have just helped.
A Texas case underscores the legal and ethical gray areas physicians have faced since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Landmark gene-editing therapy approved: here’s what you need to know
The FDA approved the landmark treatment on Friday. It’s expected to cost more than $1 million.
‘Stalemate’ on AIDS relief to drag into 2024
Discussions about a compromise that would extend the program have collapsed.
US employers added a solid 199,000 jobs in November in sign of a still-sturdy labor market
Friday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 3.9% to 3.7%, not far above a five-decade low of 3.4% in April.
Americans are losing benefits. That could hurt Biden in 2024.
Expiring Covid benefits and new limits on safety net programs threaten to hit Americans’ pocketbooks — especially among core parts of the Democratic electorate.
The alarming news progressive groups delivered to the White House
Top White House aides reviewed private polling showing Biden’s economic message falling flat and suggesting paths toward a turnaround.
Their Prophecy of Enduring Democratic Rule Fell Apart. They Blame College Grads.
Can Democrats overcome their college-campus branding and reclaim the working class?
“Please Stop This War Against Us”: Gaza Doctor Begs for World’s Help as Hunger & Disease Spread
We get an update from one of the few hospitals still operating in southern Gaza from Ahmed Moghrabi, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, who describes horrific conditions. “I’ve developed [a] psychological disorder,” says Moghrabi, who himself is barely surviving on little food and clean water. “Please stop this genocide against us. Stop this war. Please, please, I beg you.” We also speak with Dr.
Nations Near Stronger Deal To Wean Planet Off Fossil Fuels At UN Climate Summit
A proposal calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.
Police Fatally Shot A Black Man Wearing Handcuffs — And His Family Wants Justice
Michael Owen, a Maryland officer, killed William Green while he was handcuffed in a police car in 2020. A jury later acquitted Owen.
The Layoffs That Hammered the Tech Industry
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.This year was one of periodic bloodshed in tech, and the ongoing reverberations of early-pandemic hiring sprees are part of the problem.
GOP Ducks Questions About Texas Woman Denied Abortion Despite Threat To Her Life
“I’m a federal official so I really don’t have a comment,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said about a high-profile court ruling in his state.
Ann Coulter Joins Critics Of Texas’ Brutal Anti-Abortion Decision
Anti-abortion activists are descending into “cruelty,” the conservative pundit wrote.
Nicki Minaj Faces Hip-Hop’s Middle-Age Conundrum
When the hip-hop legend André 3000 confused the world by releasing an album of experimental flute music earlier this year, he offered a simple explanation for why he’s stopped rapping: “I’m 48 years old,” he told GQ. He gave examples of personal concerns that he found lyrically unusable: “I got to go get a colonoscopy’ … ‘My eyesight is going bad.
Donald Trump Says He’s Selling Pieces Of His Mug Shot Suit To Raise Funds
“It was a great suit, believe me! A really good suit! It’s all cut up, and you’re going to get a piece of it,” the former president said in a promo video.
Where Teens Used to Hang Out
Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Last week I asked readers how much time they spent with peers in adolescence. This is the first batch of responses.
I Spent $85 to Eat Breakfast With Santa
For all of my life, I thought eating breakfast with Santa was totally normal. Every year, he would come to my church in western New York and sit in the corner of the reception hall for a few hours. (Sometimes, he was played by my dad or my cousin Frank.) The kids would eat pancakes and drink hot chocolate in his presence and work up their courage. Whenever they felt ready, they could meet the big guy and discuss whatever they needed to. And then they would get a candy cane.
The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Rosy Idea of Its Future
Like the draft agreement that came out yesterday at COP28, in Dubai—which softened language about phasing out fossil fuels to “reducing” them and “efforts towards” substituting “unabated” fossil fuels—Canada is awkwardly trying to live with two contradictory ideas about climate change. The world has to stop using fossil fuels, and yet, for a petrostate, letting go isn’t easy.