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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic Companies’ ‘Wrapped’ Features Keep Getting Weirder
Metro stops, LinkedIn DMs, and other mundane data points are being packaged for the end-of-year trend.
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Mandel NGAN / AFP / Getty The DOJ Is Losing Public Trust
The department is unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt for its handling of the recent Epstein-files release.
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Heather Diehl / Getty The United States of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.
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Jeff Pachoud / AFP / Getty Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs
The GOP is gambling on health care.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Why the Brown University Shooter Is Still at Large
Given the sheer volume of mass shootings in America, an unknown shooter with an unknown motive will sometimes make an escape.
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Mark Reinstein / Corbis / Getty Trump’s ‘Peace President’ Claim Isn’t Holding Up
He wants to be known as a peacemaker, but some of the many conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty The New ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
What does fentanyl’s reclassification mean for the White House’s renewed War on Drugs?
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Alex Wong / Getty Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder
This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.
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Capital Pictures / Alamy An Absurdist Film About the American Dream
The genius of Problemista, folktronica music, and more culture and entertainment recommendations
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Michael Nagle / Bloomberg / Getty The Fed’s Succession Drama
Trump’s choice of a new Federal Reserve chair could reflect a broader power play.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump Confronts His Political Reality
The president has entered the lame-duck era of his career.
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Ethan Swope / Bloomberg / Getty The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support
By appearing noncommittal in the fight over Warner Bros., the president is inviting competing bids for his blessing.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The Enfeebling of the President
Trump is showing signs that he’s lost the physical stamina to do the job.
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Alex Brandon / AP ‘I Was Paid’: Bongino’s Confession About His January 6 Claims
The deputy director of the FBI admitted to lying during his days as a pundit.
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Patrick Smith / Getty Trump Campaigned on Affordability. Now He’s Calling the Idea a ‘Con Job.’
His messaging on the cost of living contradicts itself.
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Adam Gray / Getty How to Read the Epstein Files Like an Expert
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown has some tips for what to look for when they emerge.
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Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Cattle Ranchers Are Beefing With Trump
Torn between supporting ranchers and bringing down prices, the president is trying to have it both ways on beef.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
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Pete Marovich / Getty Trump Seizes Back the Spotlight
That may not be the boon he thinks it is.
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Getty / B.S.P.I. Five Books to Read on Your Next Flight
These stories will help pass the time while you travel.
