Biden Says Border Walls Don’t Work While Waiving 26 Laws To Build More Wall
President Joe Biden said he had no choice but to use the Trump-era funding for the barrier to stop illegal migration from Mexico.
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Firsthand Stories Of Dianne Feinstein, Friend And Trailblazer, Shine At Her Funeral
Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer were among those to bid the late senator a farewell at San Francisco City Hall.
It just got worse: Trump allegedly leaked classified nuclear submarine secrets to Mar-a-Lago guest
It was inevitable that this shoe was going to drop, and now it finally has: Donald Trump allegedly leaked classified national security secrets to a guest at his chintzy Mar-a-Lago resort. ABC News has the story.
Months after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about U.S.
The Nobel Winner Whose Writing Speaks to Everyone
Jon Fosse, the Norwegian winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023, was better known in the English-speaking world on announcement morning than many past winners have been. Last year saw the U.S. publication of the final volume of his Septology, which was shortlisted for several major awards and has attracted more and more readers by word of mouth.
Biden’s New Student-Debt Strategy
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.Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced an additional $9 billion in student-loan forgiveness.
Even If Donald Trump Wanted To Be Speaker, House GOP Rules Say He Can’t
The former president is reportedly mulling a visit to Capitol Hill next week.
Evening Brief: Could Trump become the next House Speaker?
Just when you thought the Republican drama in the House couldn’t get any worse …
Donald Trump is now meddling in the House speaker’s race, injecting new levels of chaos into the process. In fact, things are such a mess that the mainstream media has had no choice but to finally acknowledge that, yes, Republicans are the problem. But even that remains a work in progress. Much of the national press continues to cover up the fact that Trump is unraveling.
Ukraine Update: Code Pink calls Bernie Sanders a warmonger
You can read more great Ukraine coverage by both staff and community members here.
Try and imagine a world in which Sen. Bernie Sanders is a war-mongering neocon shill for the military industrial complex.
I dare you, try!
Not happening? Well, that’s because you’re not a pro-Putin tankie.
How to Thrive in a Dying World
The opening pages of C Pam Zhang’s second novel, Land of Milk and Honey, imagine a planet facing crisis after crisis—an extension of our own. Climate change has devastated the land: the Earth is covered in smog; crops have withered; countries are caving to famine. Zhang joins a number of other writers who have recently used their work to ask how to live in a dying world.
SCOTUS Justice Kagan to far-right lawyer: ‘You’re just flying in the face of 250 years of history’
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which handles federal cases arising from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, is dominated by a bunch of Donald Trump appointees and has become the rogue court of the federal judiciary. The sheer volume of controversial decisions coming out of that court accounts for the outsize proportion of cases from it the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this session.
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
No one alive has seen a race like the 2024 presidential election. For months, if not years, many people have expected a reprise of the 2020 election, a matchup between the sitting president and a former president.But that hasn’t prevented a crowded primary. On the GOP side, more than a dozen candidates are ostensibly vying for the nomination.
Trump’s rhetoric takes a more dangerous turn
It’s not as if Donald Trump is ever constrained in his speech. Even the day after a judge in a New York courtroom ordered an end to attacks on members of the court staff, Trump stepped out to attack that judge in person and on social media.
“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama”: How the Death of Abed’s 5-Year-Old Son Sheds Light on Life Under Israeli Apartheid
We spend the hour with Nathan Thrall and Abed Salama, the author and subject of a remarkable new book detailing the many bureaucratic barriers and indignities that make the lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation even more difficult. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy focuses on the 2012 death of Salama’s son, 5-year-old Milad, who was killed in a fiery bus crash during a school field trip to a theme park.
Why health care experts are so concerned about fishing boats
The slew of cases has alarmed legal experts, patient advocates and former health officials from both parties who say the consequences for the health care system — from drugmakers to nurses to patients — could be dire.
Science vs. ‘wokeism’: The growing tensions between the doctors’ lobby and the GOP
The discord threatens gridlock on bills affecting how doctors practice and how much they are paid.
Court denies bid to halt Medicare drug price talks
The decision preserves the Biden administration’s power to begin haggling with drug companies over the prices of 10 medications.
Dems pressure White House to change economic message
Democrats are loving the Biden economy. They’re less certain about his economic message.
Major business group, GOP blames Biden for UAW strike
The United Auto Workers announced a strike at three plants — one each at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — overnight.
What an unprecedented Biden ad blitz says about his reelection fight
A super PAC affiliate is spending $13 million far ahead of the normal advertising timeline.
Police Killings of Black & Brown People May Be Double Previous Estimates: La Raza Database Project
The newly released Raza Database Project reveals the number of Brown and Black people killed by police in the United States may be more than double the amount that is widely reported. Statistician and demographer Jesus Garcia explains how the team merged data sets from independent research projects on police violence to more accurately determine the ethnicities of victims. These are “terrible numbers to look at,” says Garcia. “The results are stark and bare.
$19,000 Lectern For Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sparks Audit Calls
The purchase of the lectern is undergoing scrutiny and prompting claims that records about it have been altered.
Biden’s Dog Commander No Longer At White House After Biting Incidents
President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, is “not presently on the White House campus” following a series of biting incidents.
Letitia James Says The ‘Trump Show Is Over,’ Calls His Attacks On Her ‘Race-Baiting’
“I will not sit idly by and allow anyone to subvert the law,” the New York attorney general told reporters.
Trump Claims To Have Raised $45.5 Million In Third Quarter – Triple DeSantis’ Fundraising
The coup-attempting former president’s campaign also said it has $36 million available for the GOP primary, which would be seven times as much as DeSantis.
Supporters Of U.S. Aid To Ukraine Are Watching The Turmoil In The House With Growing Alarm
The future of additional U.S. aid to Ukraine is in doubt now that Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as House speaker.
When “Main Characters” Commandeer Congress
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.It’s never been more fraught to be the “main character” in the United States. Below, I look at how this week’s debacle in the House of Representatives is illustrative of a larger cultural phenomenon.
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
No one alive has seen a race like the 2024 presidential election. For months, if not years, many people have expected a reprise of the 2020 election, a matchup between the sitting president and a former president.But that hasn’t prevented a crowded primary. On the GOP side, more than a dozen candidates are ostensibly vying for the nomination.
Why Biden’s Age Is An Unavoidable Conversation
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 to opine on whether Democrats should stick with Joe Biden in 2024 or replace him with a younger nominee.
AI’s Present Matters More Than Its Imagined Future
Last month, I found myself in a particular seat. A few places to my left was Elon Musk. Down the table to my right sat Bill Gates. Across the room sat Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, and not too far to his left was Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google. At the other end of the table sat Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT.