Seniors shrug off White House urgent pleas to get vaccinated as new variant spreads
The Biden administration is forwarding lists of senior facilities with zero people vaccinated to state regulators for review and possible penalties.
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GOP sticks to its abortion playbook as House acts
Republicans condemned violence against anti-abortion groups and reaffirmed protections for infants born after botched abortions. Neither measure is likely to move in the Senate.
Wall Street’s biggest bear: Fed’s Jerome Powell
Fed officials are signaling that they’re determined to keep their vise-like grip on the economy through the end of 2023.
Yellen to stay on as Biden’s Treasury chief as debt fight looms
People close to Yellen said she had considered leaving for family reasons and because the Treasury job is highly political — and would become more so with Republicans in control of the House.
U.S. inflation slowed sharply to 7.1 percent over past 12 months
Even with last month’s further easing of inflation, the Federal Reserve plans to keep raising interest rates.
As Historic Storms & Flooding Kill 19 in California, Why Is Media Ignoring Role of Climate Change?
In California, at least 19 people have died as storms continue to batter the region, leading to widespread flooding, mudslides and power outages. The National Weather Service says large portions of Central California have received over half their annual normal precipitation in just the past two weeks — and more rain is coming. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 34 million Californians are under a flood watch.
Chasten Buttigieg Melts Fox News With A Candy-Coated Diss
“You need new material,” said Buttigieg before he referenced the network’s coverage of M&M’s.
Under Oath, Donald Trump Hurled Insults About Woman Who Accuses Him Of Rape
Portions of the former president’s videotaped deposition in a lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll have been unsealed by a court.
Iowa GOP Official’s Wife Charged For Voter Fraud Scheme
An indictment said the woman filled out “dozens of voter registrations, absentee ballot request forms, and absentee ballots containing false information.
Female Missouri Lawmakers Tear Apart ‘Ridiculous’ Change To House Dress Code
“We are fighting, again, for a woman’s right to choose something, and this time it’s how she covers herself,” said one Democratic state representative.
Kari Lake Says If She’s Not Made Arizona Governor, America Will ‘Turn Into A Venezuela’
“There’s a boatload of evidence in our favor,” the Republican who lost in November said. There isn’t.
Prince Harry’s Memoir Won’t Hurt the Monarchy
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET on January 13, 2023This 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.Much has been said about the salacious revelations in Prince Harry’s new memoir, Spare. But as London-based Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis writes, the book also makes a powerful—if perhaps futile—case against the monarchy.
May the Best Stove Win
Somehow, in a few short days, gas stoves have gone from a thing that some people cook with to, depending on your politics, either a child-poisoning death machine or a treasured piece of national patrimony. Suddenly, everyone has an opinion. Gas stoves! Who could have predicted it?The roots of the present controversy can be traced back to late December, when scientists published a paper arguing that gas stoves are to blame for nearly 13 percent of childhood-asthma cases in the United States.
CDC, FDA see possible link between Pfizer’s bivalent shot and strokes
The agencies said the surveillance signal “is very unlikely” to represent a “true clinical risk” and said they continued to recommend the vaccine.
David Kessler, top science officer for Biden’s Covid response, to depart
Architect of the administration’s mass vaccination campaign will exit amid preparations for end of the emergency response
Skinamarink Is a Delightful Nightmare
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, maybe having been roused by a mysterious noise, and tried to look around the room while your eyes adjusted to the dark? That unsettled feeling is exactly what Kyle Edward Ball’s new horror film, Skinamarink, aims for: an atmosphere where you’re not quite sure if you’re still dreaming, and where every shadow on the wall is imbued with menace.
Generative Art Is Stupid
A boyfriend just going through the motions. A spouse worn into the rut of habit. A jetlagged traveler’s message of exhaustion-fraught longing. A suppressed kiss, unwelcome or badly timed. These were some of the interpretations that reverberated in my brain after I viewed a weird digital-art trifle by the Emoji Mashup Bot, a popular but defunct Twitter account that combined the parts of two emoji into new, surprising, and astonishingly resonant compositions.
How It Feels to Lose a Utopia
In Hernan Diaz’s short story “The Generation,” published last fall in The Atlantic, a crew of semi-amnesiac humans are on a years-long journey to another planet. They are the residue of Earth, which has become a relic in every sense of the word: fragile, faded, mythical. In the cramped space shuttle, the narrator fantasizes about mundane wonders such as dirt, fire, birds, fish, and fresh air.
The Crisis of Missing Migrants: Tens of Thousands of People Have Disappeared on Their Way to Europe
Twenty-four volunteer rescue workers connected to the group Emergency Response Centre International face trial for human smuggling in Greece for giving life-saving assistance to thousands of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, fleeing violence, poverty and persecution. A European Parliament report described the trial as Europe’s “largest case of criminalization of solidarity.” We’re joined by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo.
Legendary Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on “Argentina, 1985” and Why Democracy Is at Risk Today
Former Argentine prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, who served as deputy prosecutor in Argentina’s Trial of the Juntas and later as the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, is portrayed in the film “Argentina, 1985,” which won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language this week.
“Argentina, 1985”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Depicts Historic War Crimes Trial of U.S.-Backed Generals
We speak with director Santiago Mitre about “Argentina, 1985,” his dramatization of the Trial of the Juntas, when a civilian court prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The film just won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language and is also shortlisted for an Oscar for best international film.
GOP sticks to its abortion playbook as House acts
Republicans condemned violence against anti-abortion groups and reaffirmed protections for infants born after botched abortions. Neither measure is likely to move in the Senate.
Next frontier in the abortion wars: Your local CVS
The emerging strategy could further limit the Biden administration’s already limited policy.
America’s abortion access divide is reshaping blue-state border towns
New or expanded health care clinics are starting to bring more people into small towns after the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Yellen to stay on as Biden’s Treasury chief as debt fight looms
People close to Yellen said she had considered leaving for family reasons and because the Treasury job is highly political — and would become more so with Republicans in control of the House.
U.S. inflation slowed sharply to 7.1 percent over past 12 months
Even with last month’s further easing of inflation, the Federal Reserve plans to keep raising interest rates.
New York Nurses Strike for More Staff & Better Pay as Hospital CEOs Make Millions, Cut Charity Care
We speak with one of the 7,000 nurses on strike now in New York City at two hospital systems that account for more than a quarter of all hospital beds in the city, and a journalist who has documented how hospital CEOs are boosting their own pay by millions of dollars while slashing charity care. The strike began Monday after nurses failed to reach a new contract agreement with Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, with higher wages and better staffing among their main demands.
Paul Ryan Delivers Ominous Prediction For ‘Proven Loser’ Donald Trump
The former House speaker has some bad news for the ex-president.
Major Southern Newspaper Bashes Republicans Over Bill To ‘Protect Tax Cheats’
“The GOP regards paying taxes not as a way of supporting the nation, but as an obligation to be avoided,” noted an editorial in The Charlotte Observer.
Smoke-Filled Rooms Back In Capitol Under House Republicans
Critics have been complaining about certain lawmakers’ cigar “hotboxing.