Super Bowl Commercials This Year Sent a Clear Message. I Hope Donald Trump Isn’t Listening.
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Super Bowl Commercials This Year Sent a Clear Message. I Hope Donald Trump Isn’t Listening.
Regrettably, I must support the Dunkin’ commercial.
‘The Trust Has Been Absolutely Destroyed’
The email that federal law enforcement sent this week to the nation’s top election administrators would have been routine just a few years ago. “Your election partners,” the Tuesday missive from FBI Election Executive Kellie Hardiman read, “would like to invite you to a call where we can discuss preparations for the cycle.”
But multiple secretaries of state who received the document told us they viewed it as a threat, given recent events.
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Sliding Beneath the Mountain
Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty
Pomagagnon, a mountain in the Dolomites, towers above Cortina d’Ampezzo, and the Cortina Sliding Center below, where Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller competes in a men’s singles luge run during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, on February 8, 2026.
Lindsey Vonn Had Every Right to Compete
Updated at 3:40 p.m. ET on February 8, 2026
Lindsey Vonn always knew that it would take just one slight catch of an edge to turn her from the reigning empress of alpine skiing into a broken figure in the snow. That’s the nature of the Olympic downhill. It was no use for the scolds and skeptics to warn an athlete like Vonn, who, at 41, had one rebuilt knee and a torn ACL on the other, that she might hurt herself.
Literary Theory
Somehow the word
allow is in the word
swallow and in swallow
two wholly different meanings:
one to take in through
the mouth and another
what we call the common
winged gnat hunter who
is, in all probability,
somewhere near us now.
Once, I thought
if I knew all the words
I would say the right thing
in the right way,
instead language becomes
more brutish: blink twice
for the bird, blink once
for tender annihilation. Who
knows what we are doing as
we go about our days lazily
choosing our languages.
The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Killed the Washington Post
The billionaire wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced newspaper does not help his bottom line.
Disney Just Had Its Succession Ending
Josh D’Amaro’s rise mirrors Tom Wambsgans’ improbable victory—and hints at a bleak and less creative future for Disney.
You Don’t Need an Emergency Fund. Because of Trump, You Need Something Else.
A personal finance coach explains why she’s giving her students advice she never expected to—and why it now feels unavoidable.
Money Talks: The Retirement Crisis is Overhyped
Andrew Biggs joins Emily Peck to explain what we get wrong about retirement in the US.
MAHA and Mike Tyson want you to ‘eat real food’ during the Super Bowl
RFK Jr.’s allies are airing an ad during Sunday’s game touting the new, MAHA-inspired HHS dietary guidelines.
TrumpRx debuts with several dozen discounted drugs
Drug pricing experts have questioned whether the effort would benefit most Americans.
NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
More Americans are picking higher-deductible Obamacare plans, possibly risking their health
The loss of enhanced subsidies and premium sticker shock are driving the trend, state officials and policy experts say.
‘Anything is possible’: How Jeffrey Epstein received special treatment at one of the country’s elite hospitals
The convicted sex offender enjoyed unusually close access to Mount Sinai doctors, records show.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Trump in Iowa tries to shift the conversation back to the economy
A brief swing through the farm state underscored administration fears about the midterms.
Americans give Trump low marks on handling of economy as midterms likely to center on affordability
Sixty-one percent of voters told a CNN poll released Friday that they disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy.
Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he’s only got so much wiggle room.
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year’s Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate “Blocked” Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine
We host a debate between two former officials at the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. Omar Shakir resigned this week after more than a decade as the organization’s Israel and Palestine director, over a report on the Palestinian right of return that he says was blocked from publication for ideological reasons.
Can U.S. & Iran Lower Tensions? Officials Begin New Talks Amid Trump Threats of Military Strikes
In the wake of deadly mass protests that have shaken the ruling Iranian government, and with U.S. leaders publicly weighing the idea of military intervention and potential regime change in Iran, American and Iranian officials are beginning renewed talks over Iran’s nuclear program today. We speak to two guests, reporter Nilo Tabrizy and scholar Arang Keshavarzian, about the “very strange and contradictory situation” facing the country.
“Journalism Deserves Better”: Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper
The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage. “Everybody is grieving, and it’s a loss for our readers,” says Nilo Tabrizy, one of the paper’s recently laid-off staff, who describes a “robotic” meeting announcing the cuts. “They didn’t have the dignity to look us in the eye.
Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure as NYC Faces Calls to Release Suppressed Files
The September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York City was a major polluting event. Debris from the collapse of the buildings spread toxic substances, including asbestos, lead, mercury and more, throughout the disaster zone.
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Drone Chase
Christian Hartmann / Reuters
A camera drone follows close behind Barnabas Szollos of Team Israel, as he hurtles down the course during the men’s downhill at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Center in Bormio, Italy, on February 7, 2026, on day one of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Trump’s Election Fixation
Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings, watch full episodes here, or listen to the weekly podcast here.
This week, Donald Trump called for Republicans to “nationalize” the upcoming elections—even though state and local officials are charged with this role. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss this and more.