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The Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, focused heavily on nostalgic, retro themes, contrasting with recent high-tech ceremonies. 1 post
President Trump is suing major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, claiming political bias led to account closures, but evidence suggests it was due to the January 6 Capitol riot. 1 post
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British Politicians Are Still Capable of Shame. Americans Aren’t.
The Epstein case keeps threatening politicians—just not in the United States. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic* There is an irony to the undying Jeffrey Epstein scandal: It may never be more than an annoyance for President Trump, who knew Epstein well, but it could topple Bri
Trump’s Election Fixation
Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the president’s call to “nationalize” the upcoming elections. Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic This week, Donald Trump called for Republicans to “nationalize” the upcoming elections—even though state and local officia
The Payoff of Deep Contemplation
The practice may not be fun at first, but the end result is worth it. Gary Yeowell / Getty This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.
Smart Homes Are Terrible
You shouldn’t need a tech tour and app to turn the lights on. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic My folks are visiting me in Southern California for a couple of months, so I rented them a house down the street. The place is new construction, modern and sleek. Rentals tend to be
The Mysterious Devices Speeding Mining Exploration in Utah
Hiking guides hired to carry 20-pound nodes into the mountains were part of a new type of resource survey. Lauren Steele Bushwhacking through a stand of stunted aspens above 10,000 feet in Utah’s Tushar mountain range, the mountain guide Trevor Katz held his Garmin to the sky and pointed it sou
Pete Davidson’s Charm Is Working Against Him
His new Netflix “video podcast” leans into his laid-back style, to a fault. Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Todd Owyoung / NBC / Getty. The first question to confront when considering The Pete Davidson Show, a new Netflix series that the streamer is calling a “video podcast,
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic* A few hours after Tom Homan announced a drawdown of federal forces in Minneapolis this week, the rest of President Trump’s fractious immigration team gathered at the bor
The Meaning of Melania
The most interesting part of the first lady’s film is what it leaves out. Craig Hudson / Variety / Getty Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts One thing the Melania documentary is not is a documentary, at least in the traditional journalistic understa
What Everyone Assumes About Jeffrey Epstein
The theory that Epstein was blackmailing his rich contacts was always based on speculation. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: U.S. Justice Department / Anadolu / Getty. In the case of Jeffrey Epstein, association seems to imply guilt. And so the release of the so-called Epstein files is gen
A Very Retro Olympics Opening Ceremony
The performance in Milan looked squarely at the past, both in substance and in style. Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Every Olympics opening ceremony is an advertisement—for the host country, for the Olympics themselves, for the notion of a free-trading global order competing through sport, in th
Why Trump Is Picking Fights With Big U.S. Banks
He claimed that his accounts were closed for “political and social” reasons. The real explanation is likely much simpler. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg / Getty 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
The Real Winner of TrumpRx
Donald Trump’s online drugstore isn’t what it seems. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty. Nothing about TrumpRx is subtle. When you open up the government’s new online drugstore, the first thing you see is a banner with giant text: “Find the world’s lowest prices o
The Obama Meme on Trump’s Truth Social Was Exactly What It Looked Like
The White House took 12 hours to remove a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes. Kevin Deitsch / Getty Donald Trump supercharged his political career by claiming that Barack Obama wasn’t American. Yesterday, 16 minutes before midnight, the president’s account on Truth Social
The Manosphere Breaks Containment
The internet’s new extremists will do anything for the algorithm. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube On this week’s Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel takes listeners deep into the internet’s fever swamps to examine how figures who once would’ve stayed on the fringes now domina
The Evangelicals Who See Trump’s Viciousness as a Virtue
At the National Prayer Breakfast, the president tested his audience’s commitment to Christian ethics. Alex Wong / Getty The National Prayer Breakfast was founded in 1953, when President Dwight Eisenhower accepted an invitation to join members of Congress to break bread together. Every president
Reading Is a Practice, Not a Chore
Try an attitude shift that doesn’t force you to choose between setting strict reading goals and giving up altogether. Evelyn Freja / Connected Archives This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. At least one fundamental hum
The Moral Cost of Living in an Unequal Society
In his new novel, Daniyal Mueenuddin attempts to bring together the stories of people whose lives rarely intersect in meaningful ways. Illustration by Matt Rota Books about masters and servants tend to come with an inborn flaw: They are written largely by those from the moneyed class, individua
What Iran’s Dead Loved and Fought For
A young woman’s online diaries about cinema and literature have become her epitaph. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: letterboxd.com/rahaazah/; Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum On January 2, Raha Bahloulipour watched Sentimental Value, the latest film by the Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier, in he
The Fall of the House of Assad
A detached ruler, obsessed with sex and video games, refused every lifeline he was offered. Chris McGrath / Getty This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Some dictators go down fighting. Some are lynched and strung up for their victims to s
The Literary Ecosystem Is Dying
In a sense, the decline of book reviews, like the decline of newspapers themselves, is a story about disaggregation. Illustration by The Atlantic With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the on
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis Illustration by Ben Jones Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts When heavily armed agents of the federal government arrived in Minneapolis, the people of the Twin Cities responded with surprising strength. In thi
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond. Illustration by Ben Jones Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts The Trump White House is changing the rules of our political system through intimidation, the distortion of information,
America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together
The Trump administration is erasing the country’s shared understanding. Smith Collection / Gado / Getty 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
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Stefano Rellandini / AFP / Getty. CONFIDENTIAL: To a billionaire trying to determine what to do with $250 million in 2013, That kind of pocket change can buy you a newspaper. And not just any newspaper, but a world-class paper wit
You’ve Never Seen Super Bowl Betting Like This Before
Prediction markets are turbocharging America’s obsession with sports gambling. Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Shutterstock; Getty. Nothing makes Americans want to gamble like the Super Bowl. Every year, the game is reliably the biggest day for sports betting: On platforms such as FanDuel