Fani Willis Schools Jim Jordan With Brutal Correction For His ‘Total Ignorance’
The Fulton County district attorney called out the GOP lawmaker for attempting to “interfere with an active criminal case.
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CNN’s Dana Bash Delivers Blunt Assessment Of New Biden Poll
There’s “no way to spin” new polling numbers for the president, said the “Inside Politics” host.
‘Nonsense’: Ron DeSantis Lashes Out At Black Man Angered After Jacksonville Mass Shooting
The audience member at the governor’s news conference said the Republican’s policies had allowed “people to hunt people like me.
Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh Predicts ‘Concrete Steps Soon’ To Address Ethics Concerns
Kavanaugh has told attendees at a judicial conference that addressing recent ethics concerns can increase public confidence in the institution.
Peter Navarro’s Post-Conviction Press Conference Crashed By Sign-Wielding Nemesis
Thursday wasn’t a great day for Donald Trump’s former adviser.
U.S. v. Google
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.But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
The China model is dead.
A knockout technique for achieving more happiness
Why would anyone become a politician?
Challenging Power, AgainThe year was 1998. Bill Clinton was in office. Titanic had just won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Album That Made Me a Music Critic
Smash Mouth has long been, as its guitarist, Greg Camp, once said, “a band that you can make fun of.” The pop-rock group’s signature hit, 1999’s “All Star,” combines the sounds of DJ scratches, glockenspiel, and a white dude rapping that he “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.” Fashionwise, the band tended to dress for a funky night at the bowling alley.
The Atlantic Announces Hillary Rodham Clinton and New Speakers for the 15th Annual Atlantic Festival
The Atlantic is today announcing new speakers––including former Secretary of State and United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton––appearing at the 15th annual Atlantic Festival, taking place on Thursday, September 28, and Friday, September 29, at The Wharf in Washington, D.C. Clinton will be in conversation with The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, discussing existential threats to democracy.
Our First ‘Nonemergency’ COVID Season
One thing we crave after our collective pandemic experience is certainty. If a potentially powerful new variant is out there, we need some answers about it: How fast is its evolution? Will it spread as quickly and widely as Omicron? And will the vaccine be effective against it?In this episode, I talk with Atlantic science writers Katie Wu and Sarah Zhang. They know a lot, and they are very honest about all the things they don’t know.
State lawmakers find America’s medical debt problem ‘can no longer be ignored’
About 100 million Americans deal with medical debt, late notices, threatening voicemails and credit score declines.
Democratic Republic of Congo Faces “Worst Hunger Catastrophe” as Mineral Extraction Enriches the Few
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is seeing a dramatic deterioration of infrastructure and displacement of citizens as a result of armed violence, flooding and the world’s largest hunger crisis. In recent months, rampant violence of armed groups has forced more than half a million people to flee their homes, while the United Nations says some 3,000 families also lost their homes after recent intense flooding and mudslides in the eastern part of the country.
Ukrainian & Russian Activists on How Putin’s War Emboldens “Authoritarian Forces” Around the World
On the same day U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv to announce $1 billion in new U.S. aid to Ukraine, 17 Ukrainians were killed in a Russian missile attack on a Donetsk market. “It’s very painful for me to see all the streets and cities that I spent my childhood in to be completely destroyed by the ongoing war,” says Hanna Perekhoda, Ukrainian historian from the Donetsk region on a speaking tour of the U.S.
No deal in sight for global AIDS program as deadline looms
The law governing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will lapse on Oct. 1.
Fentanyl is killing kids. State lawmakers are searching for answers.
Families grieving lost children want policymakers to take emergency action.
‘Go after it’: GOP strategists say Republicans need to hit Biden on drug pricing
Republicans are working to persuade Americans that the Biden plan will stifle innovation and lead to price controls.
Drugmakers, trade groups push back against Medicare drug price negotiations
Here are summaries of the cases and where they stand.
Biden is selling an economy on the rise. Voters aren’t buying it so far.
The president leaned into his achievements at a Labor Day event in Philadelphia, but a new poll reflects widespread disapproval.
Gina Raimondo says she complained to Chinese officials about being hacked
“It’s a complicated relationship,” she said of the U.S. and China.
U.S. employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in sign of a still-resilient labor market
The unemployment rate rose from 3.5 percent to 3.8 percent, the highest level since February 2022 though still low by historical standards.
A looming child care funding crisis threatens Biden’s economic recovery
About 3 million children could lose child care after funding expires at the end of next month.
‘Pathetic’: Voters of color slam Biden’s performance on the economy
“Our economy is the lowest it’s been.
“Doing Harm”: Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association’s Embrace of U.S. Torture Program
A military judge at Guantánamo has thrown out the confessions of Saudi man Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri because he had been tortured and waterboarded at secret CIA black sites in Afghanistan, Thailand, Poland, Romania and Morocco before being sent to Guantánamo. Psychologists James Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen, who were paid at least $81 million by the CIA to develop and then implement the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program, had waterboarded al-Nashiri at a CIA black site.
GOP Strategist Shreds ‘Incredibly Stupid’ Republican Move That May Wipe Them Out
The party of Donald Trump is suffering from its “banana republic wing,” lamented Mike Murphy.
DeSantis Spots Room For ‘Pardons And Commutations’ Among Sentenced Proud Boys
The Florida governor argued that there’s “some examples of people that shouldn’t have been prosecuted” following the Capitol riot.
Mike Huckabee Ripped After Horrific ‘Bullets’ Warning Over 2024 Election
The former Arkansas governor warned of a dark future if legal moves keep Trump out of office.
Vivek Ramaswamy Interview Gets Awkward As He Repeatedly Ducks Trump Question
Mehdi Hasan tried to get the presidential candidate to explain his own words about the former president and his GOP rival. It didn’t go well.
Joe Biden Jokes About Not Wearing A Mask After COVID Exposure
The president tested negative for coronavirus after his wife tested positive, but he’s been instructed to keep masking.
American Democracy Perseveres—For Now
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.Democracy is under attack around the world; in the United States, the summer brought good news and bad news. The institutions of democracy are still functioning, but not for long if enough Americans continue to support authoritarianism.
The Big COVID Question for Hospitals This Fall
Back in the spring, around the end of the COVID-19 public-health emergency, hospitals around the country underwent a change in dress code. The masks that staff had been wearing at work for more than three years vanished, in some places overnight.
America Could Be in for a Rough Fall
On Labor Day, you could drive from Minnesota’s border with Canada all the way to where Louisiana hits the Gulf of Mexico and not encounter a high under 90 degrees. The heat hasn’t broken: Today, nearly a third of Americans are sweltering under heat alerts.Such weather is a fitting end to a devastating season, the kind you run out of superlatives for. This summer, climate extremes suddenly seemed to be everywhere, all at once.