Liz Cheney Slams ‘Chameleon’ Ted Cruz After Senator Criticizes FBI
“He thinks he’s so smart no one can see through him. Ted, we can. All of us can,” the GOP congresswoman said.
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Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1998 Pizza Hut Ad Resurfaces After His Death
The Soviet Union’s last leader reportedly earned nearly $1 million even though he refused to eat the pizza on camera.
Fear of Fascism
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.I’ve long resisted using the word fascism to describe Donald Trump and his Republican followers, but we have to overcome our reluctance to use strong language and admit that America is now beset by a dangerous antidemocratic movement masquerading as a party.
Why Is NASA’s Hold Music So Catchy?
Astronauts haven’t visited the moon in 50 years, but the United States is intent on taking them back. Hundreds of reporters from around the world traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week to cover the launch of the first mission of an ambitious effort known as Artemis, Apollo’s sister in Greek mythology. The launch was called off yesterday when one of the rocket’s main engines refused to cooperate.
This Is How the Hollywood Comeback Cycle Works
When Johnny Depp showed up at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards, the audience seemed shocked. The actor wasn’t there to present a trophy or perform a tune. His mini monologue, in which he joked about how he “needed the work,” was hard to hear. His face, superimposed onto a life-size version of a Moonman, was hard to see.
First Gen Z Congressmember? Maxwell Frost on Guns, Palestine, Cuba & Reaching Trump Voters in Florida
We go to Florida to speak with 25-year-old gun control activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost, who made history last week when he won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. House seat in Orlando. Frost is set to become the first Afro-Cuban and first member of Generation Z elected to Congress if he goes on to win November’s general election for Florida’s heavily Democratic 10th Congressional District.
Double Standard: Afghan Refugees Still Seeking to Enter U.S. as Biden Admin Opens Door to 68,000+ Ukrainians
We look at what’s happened to Afghan refugees who have struggled to flee the country since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan one year ago today. While the U.S. and allied nations helped evacuate some 122,000 people out of Afghanistan, the U.S. has failed to process requests for “humanitarian parole” — a program granting U.S.
Jeffrey Sachs: “Dangerous” U.S. Policy & “West’s False Narrative” Stoking Tensions with Russia, China
We discuss Western hegemony and U.S. policy in Russia, Ukraine and China with Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, whose new article is headlined “The West’s False Narrative About Russia and China.” Sachs says the bipartisan U.S. approach to foreign policy is “unaccountably dangerous and wrongheaded,” and warns the U.S. is creating “a recipe for yet another war” in East Asia.
Scenes From Ukrainian Summer Camp
Summer camp, at its purest, is like Never-Never-Land—a place that exists only in childhood or in memories of it: lake swimming, tree climbing, secret telling, frog catching, and youth everlasting. When I found myself recently on a train platform in Lviv, Ukraine, surrounded by teenagers heading to summer camp in the Carpathian Mountains, such wholesome pleasures seemed almost ridiculously out of reach.The train was running late, for one thing.
What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient
Rahima Banu, a toddler in rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world to contract variola major, the deadly form of smallpox, through natural infection. In October 1975, after World Health Organization epidemiologists learned of her infection, health workers vaccinated those around her, putting an end to variola major transmission around the world. The WHO officially declared smallpox eradicated in 1980, and it remains the only human infectious disease ever to have been eradicated.
Hackers have laid siege to U.S. health care and a tiny HHS office is buckling under the pressure
With a dearth of resources, the Office for Civil Rights is struggling with an overflowing caseload.
Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement on Covid vaccine technology
Moderna said it’s not seeking to have the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine removed from the market, nor is it seeking an injunction preventing future sales.
Abortion access crumbles: 4 more states enact new restrictions this week
The newly effective laws make good on conservative promises to swiftly prohibit abortion in as many states as possible.
Judge sides with Biden admin, blocking part of Idaho’s abortion ban
The federal government’s challenge represents one of its most aggressive actions to preserve abortion rights.
Powell blows away doubts about his war on high inflation
In a closely watched speech, the Fed chair foreshadowed further interest rate increases and warned that rates might need to stay high for some time to kill price spikes.
Powell’s inflation miscalculation raises stakes on rate shift
The Federal Reserve chair needs to convince markets he means business when he addresses the landmark conference of economists on Friday.
Trigger Laws Make Abortion Off Limits for Millions; Patients Face “Intolerable” Risk & Uncertainty
Millions of pregnant people in the United States have now lost access to abortion in their state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Anti-abortion “trigger laws” have gone into effect in numerous states across the country, including Texas, where it became a felony to perform an abortion starting Thursday, punishable by up to life in prison. We speak to Dr.
Proud Boys Recruit Joshua Pruitt Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Prison For U.S. Capitol Riot
Pruitt came within seconds of Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
First Lady Jill Biden Tests Negative For COVID After Illness Rebound
She’s returning to Washington nearly a week after she came down with a rebound case of the coronavirus following treatment with Paxlovid.
Trump Team Advances Broad View Of Presidential Powers On Classified Documents
An unsealed letter from a Trump attorney asserts that a president has absolute authority to declassify whatever he wants — and that the “primary” law governing the handling of classified information doesn’t apply to the president.
‘Morning Joe’ Taunts Trump Backers After Sen. Lindsey Graham Warns Of Riots
“There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms,” The Washington Post editorial board chimed in.
Trump-Endorsed Blake Masters Slyly Scrubs Election Fraud Lies From Website
After winning his primary with Trump’s support, the Arizona Senate candidate removed language saying the 2020 election was stolen.
Ukraine Update: (Confused) news from Ukraine’s Kherson offensive
It’s always challenging to sift through the fog of war to ascertain what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine, especially so when it’s breaking news like the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and extra so when it’s in a theater—Kherson in southern Ukraine—in which Ukraine has enforced a tight lid on information.
As such, what is discussed below may be distorted or even flat out wrong.
Justice Department responds to Trump team motion, says they’ve already finished ‘filter team’ work
The weekend saw some extremely bizarre action in Donald Trump’s attempts to claw back government records seized by federal agents at Mar-a-Lago, with a friendly judge indicating on Saturday a potential willingness to appoint a “special master” to review the documents for that purpose.
As GOP’s electoral walls crumble, Republicans run from abortion and Trump
In the wake of last Tuesday’s stunning NY-19 special election results, in which Democrats held a swingy seat Republicans need for a majority, I wrote that the red wave had ebbed. Republicans seem to understand that too, as something akin to panic has descended upon their ranks.
Kinzinger says he’ll campaign against GOP: ‘I don’t care what their policy position on taxes are!
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois will not be returning to Congress next year, having become one of the many casualties of the GOP civil war. However, Kinzinger, a dyed-in-the-wool conservative by virtually all definitions, will not be going down without a fight.
‘If you would have met her you would have loved her’: This is how BYU reacts to racial slurs at game
It’s quite clear who Brigham Young University has decided to stand up for after Black Duke University students were forced to endure racial slurs during a volleyball match on Friday in the school’s Smith Fieldhouse. Unfortunately, it is not Black students.
What’s in a Classified Document?
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.The flap over Trump’s document cache at Mar-a-Lago has become a political fight, but it’s important for American voters to understand why classified documents are classified and how the GOP’s rationalizations endanger our security.
FDA expected to authorize Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Omicron boosters
The move would set the stage for the Biden administration to begin offering the reformulated vaccine shortly after Labor Day.
19 Readers on Donald Trump’s Legal Future
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he 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 about Donald Trump’s legal problems, noting that some observers worry about prosecuting a former president while others insist that no one is above the law in America.