Congress sends bill requiring declassification of Covid-19 origin intel to Biden
The president hasn’t said if he will sign it, or issue his first veto.
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Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
Republican House and Senate leadership have been adamant that they will not cut Social Security and Medicare, but have said less about Medicaid.
Trump’s CDC director says Fauci shut down debate on Covid’s origin
In an interview with POLITICO, Fauci dismissed the charge.
Biden’s next battle in his opioids fight: His own bureaucracy
Government controls on a lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder have dissuaded doctors from prescribing it, and pharmacies from carrying it.
U.S. inflation eases but stays high, putting Fed in tough spot
The government said prices increased 0.4% last month, just below January’s 0.5% rise.
Biden on economy: ‘It’s understandable why people are just down’
“I can’t think of a time when there’s been greater uncertainty,” the president said.
Biden’s 2022 State of the Union report card: Where he delivered — and fell flat
The president promised a lot last year. Here’s how we graded him on some of those pledges.
Biden on robust jobs numbers: The ‘critics and cynics are wrong’
Noting the 3.4 percent jobless rate, the lowest since May 1969, the president said “the Biden economic play is working.
Mexico’s Missing: 100,000+ Cases Unsolved as Leaked Military Docs Shed New Light on Ayotzinapa 43
As news of missing Americans in Mexico dominates headlines, tens of thousands of Mexicans remain missing in cases that have gone unsolved — some of them for decades. This includes the 2014 case of 43 young men from the Ayotzinapa teachers’ college who were attacked and forcibly disappeared.
Trump Campaign Slams Manhattan DA As Indictment Looms: Trump ‘Did Nothing Wrong’
“Americans will not tolerate Radical Left Democrats turning our justice system into an injustice system,” his campaign spokesperson said.
Oklahoma Strikes Down Bill Aiming To End Corporal Punishment For Disabled Students
The bill would have banned school personnel from hitting, spanking and slapping disabled students as a form of discipline.
Advocates Say Montana Bill Would Erase Trans And Nonbinary Identities
The Republican-backed legislation seeks to legally define sex based solely on reproductive biology.
Racial Justice Leaders Are Calling For An End To Deadly Traffic Stops
Three leaders from different racial justice organizations say traffic stops are the wrong way to deter crime.
California To Turn San Quentin Into Rehabilitation Facility
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new plans for the notorious prison, home to the nation’s largest number of death row inmates.
DeSantis Will Betray Ukraine for MAGA Votes
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.Both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have signaled their willingness to sell out Ukraine to the Kremlin, and the Russians have gleefully taken notice. How could this be happening in the party of Ronald Reagan?But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic
Updated at 1:40 a.m. ET on March 17, 2023For three years now, the debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has ping-ponged between two big ideas: that SARS-CoV-2 spilled into human populations directly from a wild-animal source, and that the pathogen leaked from a lab.
What Have Humans Just Unleashed?
GPT-4 is here, and you’ve probably heard a good bit about it already. It’s a smarter, faster, more powerful engine for AI programs such as ChatGPT. It can turn a hand-sketched design into a functional website and help with your taxes. It got a 5 on the AP Art History test. There were already fears about AI coming for white-collar work, disrupting education, and so much else, and there was some healthy skepticism about those fears.
Climate Activists Are Turning Their Attention to Hollywood
On a warm, windy fall night in Los Angeles, I stood in a conference room at the Warner Bros. Discovery television-production offices, straightened my spine, and stared down my showrunner, preparing to defend my idea for a minor character in our near-future science-fiction series.“This character needs a backstory, and switching jobs because she wants to work in renewable energy and not for an oil company fits perfectly,” I told the unsmiling head honcho.
Death, Destruction & Resilience: Nadje Al-Ali on the 20th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq
As the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq approaches next week, Democracy Now! begins our look at the Iraq War’s lasting after-effects on Iraqi society and the shape of global politics today. “The story of the past 20 years is a story of destruction, devastation, corruption, incompetence, but also a story of resilience,” says Nadje Al-Ali, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University and author of several award-winning books on the U.S.
Will Peace Hold in Tigray? Blinken Visits Ethiopia Four Months After Truce Reached to End War
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Wednesday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other top officials, including leaders from the northern Tigray region. Blinken praised the four-month-old peace deal that ended two years of fighting between government troops and forces in Tigray, and called for accountability for war crimes committed during the conflict without casting blame on either side. Blinken also announced $331 million in new U.S. humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia.
Blinken Visits Niger, Home to U.S. Drone Base, as Biden Moves to Counter China & Russia in Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Niger and Ethiopia as part of the Biden administration’s growing competition with China and Russia for influence across Africa. Niger has become a critical U.S. ally in the Sahel region, and the U.S. opened a new drone base in the city of Agadez in 2019. The U.S. has about 800 military personnel in Niger, and Blinken’s trip marks the first visit to the country by a U.S. secretary of state.
Congress sends bill requiring declassification of Covid-19 origin intel to Biden
The president hasn’t said if he will sign it, or issue his first veto.
Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
Republican House and Senate leadership have been adamant that they will not cut Social Security and Medicare, but have said less about Medicaid.
Trump’s CDC director says Fauci shut down debate on Covid’s origin
In an interview with POLITICO, Fauci dismissed the charge.
Biden’s next battle in his opioids fight: His own bureaucracy
Government controls on a lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder have dissuaded doctors from prescribing it, and pharmacies from carrying it.
U.S. inflation eases but stays high, putting Fed in tough spot
The government said prices increased 0.4% last month, just below January’s 0.5% rise.
Biden on economy: ‘It’s understandable why people are just down’
“I can’t think of a time when there’s been greater uncertainty,” the president said.
Biden’s 2022 State of the Union report card: Where he delivered — and fell flat
The president promised a lot last year. Here’s how we graded him on some of those pledges.
Biden on robust jobs numbers: The ‘critics and cynics are wrong’
Noting the 3.4 percent jobless rate, the lowest since May 1969, the president said “the Biden economic play is working.
Georgia Grand Jury Says It Heard Another Taped Call Of Trump Pressurizing Official
The former president reportedly pushed a top state lawmaker to call a special session to overturn his loss in the state in the call.