U.S. consumer price growth slowed last month, though underlying inflation measures stayed high
Inflation slowed to just 4% in May.
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One Year After Dobbs, Abortion Access Dangerously Limited as Support for Abortion Spikes Nationwide
Saturday marked the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that saw the conservative majority overturn Roe v. Wade and end the federal right to abortion. Abortion rights activists rallied in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere across the country to demand access to reproductive healthcare.
‘Cheapest SOB I’ve Ever Met’: Chris Christie Rips Trump For Diverting Donations
“He should be ashamed of himself,” the former New Jersey governor said.
Justice Department Interviews Rudy Giuliani Over Role In 2020 Election Scheme: Reports
“The appearance was entirely voluntary and conducted in a professional manner,” a spokesperson for Giuliani said.
Trump’s New 2-Word Description Of Himself Leaves Critics Flummoxed
The former president came up with a new phrase for himself — but not everyone agrees.
Democrats Call For Supreme Court Ethics Reform And An Inquiry Into Clarence Thomas
The high court has not launched an investigation into claims of ethics violations against Justice Thomas, lawmakers said in a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts.
Trump Says Recording Was Merely ‘Bravado,’ He Didn’t Show Secret Documents
“I was talking and just holding up papers,” the former president said.
Silicon Valley’s Elon Musk Problem
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.Last week, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg announced their plans to duke it out in a cage fight. But this potential feud is less important than what it tells us about how Musk is influencing the rules of engagement in Silicon Valley.
The Roberts Court Draws a Line
In rejecting the independent state legislature theory, a thoroughly right-wing Supreme Court sent the message that it will not simply accept whatever ludicrous partisan legal theory its comrades in the conservative legal movement come up with. At least, not every single time.
The Public Debates Worth Witnessing
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 what subject they would want to see debated and who the participants would be.Replies have been edited for length and clarity.J.E.
The Theory That Explains Everything About the Trump Documents Case
Donald Trump is not an articulate speaker, but he is an effective one, because he understands the power of the spoken word and deftly wields tone and inflection. One reason the tape of him boasting about sexual assault was such a bombshell was that you could actually listen to Trump saying it all in his inimitable manner.
Biden puts all his chips on the table with a push on ‘Bidenomics’
The push to own the economy, by literally branding it with the president’s name, is not without risk.
America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know Why.
Statins, one of the most extensively studied drugs on the planet, taken by tens of millions of Americans alone, have long had a perplexing side effect. Many patients—some 5 percent in clinical trials, and up to 30 percent in observational studies—experience sore and achy muscles, especially in the upper arms and legs.
“The Last Honest Man”: James Risen on How Frank Church Exposed CIA, FBI & NSA Assassinations, Abuse
Veteran national security reporter James Risen joins us for an in-depth look at his new book, The Last Honest Man, about the work of Senator Frank Church to rein in the FBI, CIA and other agencies after the Vietnam War, Watergate and other fiascos had shaken the public’s trust in the U.S. government.
James Risen on Why Trump’s Charges Are Different Than for Whistleblowers Targeted Under Espionage Act
As former President Donald Trump faces Espionage Act charges, newly leaked audio reveals he showed a classified Pentagon document to multiple people in 2021 detailing a plan to attack Iran, contradicting Trump’s recent claim that he did not have classified documents. We speak with veteran national security reporter James Risen, who says Trump is a thief and should not be compared to whistleblower Reality Winner or others, but also notes, “I am no fan of the Espionage Act.
“Dead Men Walking”: James Risen on How the Wagner Revolt Threatens Both Putin & Prigozhin
The Kremlin says it has dropped criminal charges against Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries after he attempted to lead an aborted mutiny against the Russian military. Prigozhin has reportedly arrived in Belarus. We speak with James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Intercept, who covered the 1991 attempted coup in Moscow and says Prigozhin may have had a chance to complete his march on Moscow and topple the government, but he lost his nerve.
George W. Bush’s AIDS-fighting program’s new critics: Republicans
GOP lawmakers say President Joe Biden is using PEPFAR to promote abortion rights.
Abortions increased in Florida more than in California and New York post-Dobbs. Here’s why.
It’ll be years before many blue-state efforts to expand abortion access have an impact.
Biden administration releases intelligence on Wuhan lab
The 10-page document reveals no proof of either a lab leak or an animal host.
Amazon delays virtual care service’s unveiling after senators raised privacy concerns
The company is pushing back a promotional campaign three weeks to get past the news.
10 things we’ve learned about abortion in the year since Roe fell
Not everything played out the way people expected.
Abortion laws by state: Where abortions are illegal 1 year after Roe v. Wade was overturned
Fifteen states have banned access to the procedure in most situations.
U.S. consumer price growth slowed last month, though underlying inflation measures stayed high
Inflation slowed to just 4% in May.
U.S. prices pick up, showing inflation pressures persist
The Fed is paying particular attention to so-called core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs and are regarded as a better gauge of longer-term inflation trends.
New Trump Audio Features 1 Weird Shoutout That People Just Can’t Get Over
The former president drops an unexpected name in the incriminating new recording.
Judge In Trump’s Documents Case Rejects Prosecutor’s Effort To Keep Witness List Secret
News outlets had asked Judge Aileen Cannon to release the list, citing the case as one of the “most consequential … in the nation’s history.
‘Dead To Rights’: Legal Minds Say Damning New Trump Audio Should Mean Prison
The former president’s own words caught on tape could come back to haunt him at trial.
‘This Is Still Secret’: CNN Obtains Audio Of Trump Discussing Sensitive Military Document
“I have a big pile of papers. This thing just came up,” the former president said in the clip.
Kamala Harris Surprises Stonewall Inn Patrons: ‘We Are Not Going To Tire’
“We can take nothing for granted in terms of the progress we achieved,” the vice president said at the landmark gay bar in Manhattan.
What Russia’s Whirlwind Crisis Could Mean for Putin
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.“A short recap of the past 24 hours in Russia reads like the backstory for a fanciful episode of Madam Secretary or The West Wing,” my colleague Tom Nichols wrote yesterday.