The Atlantic Daily

David A. Graham, Will Gottsegen, Tom Nichols, and colleagues guide you through today’s biggest news, ideas, and cultural happenings. Sign up for the newsletter here.

Michael M. Santiago / Getty

The Trumpian Vertigo of American Politics

These are profoundly disorienting times.
- Charles Sykes
- May 23, 2024
Joel Saget / Getty

The OpenAI Dustup Signals a Bigger Problem

A conversation with Charlie Warzel about the unsettling implications of Scarlett Johansson’s feud with OpenAI
- Lora Kelley
- May 22, 2024
David Dee Delgado / Getty

Michael Cohen’s Credibility Paradox

Are jurors prepared to believe the testimony of an admitted liar?
- Lora Kelley
- May 21, 2024
Anna Moneymaker / Getty

The MAGA Memory Hole

Many Republicans continue their collective amnesia about Trump.
- Tom Nichols
- May 20, 2024
Robert Voets / CBS / Getty

A Compelling Made-For-TV Reality Season

Culture and entertainment musts from Jinae West
- Isabel Fattal
- May 19, 2024
Michel Delsol / Getty

Why the Internet Is Boring Now

A conversation with Ian Bogost about how the web became a victim of its own success
- Lora Kelley
- May 17, 2024
kontrast-fotodesign / Getty

The Funding Crisis Behind Teacher Layoffs

A looming deadline is already causing cuts in school budgets.
- Lora Kelley
- May 16, 2024
Pool / Getty

A Courtroom Parade of Trump’s Allies

A jumbled cast of GOP characters have inserted themselves into the former president’s legal drama.
- Elaine Godfrey
- May 15, 2024
Samuel Corum / Getty

The Battleground States That Will Shape the Election

New polling shows Biden falling behind Trump in key swing states. What issues matter most to voters there?
- Lora Kelley
- May 14, 2024
Chip Somodevilla / Getty

The Cicadas Are Here

A historic double brood is upon us. They’ve waited years for this moment.
- Elaine Godfrey
- May 13, 2024
Album / Alamy

A Show That Breaks the Curse of ‘Mid TV’

Culture and entertainment musts from Caroline Mimbs Nyce
- Stephanie Bai
- May 12, 2024
Courtesy of Tom Nichols

The Cat Who Saved Me

I will never owe another cat the debt that I owe her.
- Tom Nichols
- May 10, 2024
Jerome Tisne / Getty

The Book You’re Reading Might Be Wrong

Most nonfiction isn’t fact-checked. The Kristi Noem saga could change that—but it probably won’t.
- Elaine Godfrey
- May 9, 2024
Pool / Getty

The Tight Line Trump Has a Judge Walking

A conversation with David A. Graham about the bizarre nature of the former president’s criminal trial
- Stephanie Bai
- May 8, 2024
Menahem Kahana / Getty

The Gaza Cease-Fire That Wasn’t

Four things to understand about the ongoing negotiations
- Yair Rosenberg
- May 7, 2024
Illustration by Tyler Comrie

Autocracies Are Winning the Information War

And the American craving for drama is helping them.
- Tom Nichols
- May 6, 2024
Atlaspix / Alamy

A Terse and Gripping Weekend Read

Culture and entertainment musts from Kevin Townsend
- Stephanie Bai
- May 5, 2024
Nic Antaya / Getty

Trump’s VP Search Is Different This Time

His 2024 considerations are less about logic or persuasion and more about personality.
- Elaine Godfrey
- May 3, 2024
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty

A Failure of Imagination About Trump

American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.
- Tom Nichols
- May 2, 2024
Science History Images / Alamy

The 1968 Hangover

Like Nixon before him, Trump could use campus protests to further stoke an already polarized electorate.
- Charles Sykes
- May 1, 2024