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The Atlantic Daily: Russian Noninterference

Was Friday’s Trump-Putin call Helsinki all over again? Plus: Jay Inslee’s 100-100-100 plan, the optimal number of children parents should have, Tuca & Bertie, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 3, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Facebook and Instagram Crack Down on (Some) Extremists

Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan were among those banned. Plus: The “5GE” on your phone is definitely not 5G, using air conditioning to help combat climate change, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 2, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Why Does William Barr Want This Job?

Plus: Mayor Pete is working remotely, what a fossilized jawbone might reveal about ancient human history, the decline of cheating in Millennial marriages, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 1, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Line of Succession

Maduro vs. Guaidó in Venezuela. Plus: Emperor Akihito abdicates the throne in Japan, where conservatives and liberals differ on what they consider “fair,” and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 30, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: The Most Wanted Man in the World

The ISIS leader Bakr al-Baghdadi makes his first public speech since 2014. Plus: the other Notre-Dame that was never rebuilt, unexplained aerial phenomena, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 29, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Seeds of Doubt That Help a Disease Spread

Measles was supposedly eradicated in the U.S. two decades ago. Plus: Trump loves the NRA and the NRA loves him back, hate-listening to Taylor Swift’s newest song, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 26, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Biden's in for 2020. But in 2016, Obama Talked Him Out of It.

Is America too fractured for jokes? Plus: earthquakes—or marsquakes, rather—on the Red Planet, a warning about aquariums, the long history of the anti-vax movement, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 25, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: ISIS’s Newest Recruiting Tool

The organization claimed the Sri Lanka bombings in English and Arabic—and also Tamil and Malayalam. Plus: When (and how) animal diversity exploded on earth, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 24, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Enough to Fill 16 Trillion Bathtubs

Greenland’s ice is melting alarmingly fast. Plus: A Trump transition staffer argues for impeachment, a year in prison for the death of an endangered fish, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 23, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Information Blackout After the Sri Lanka Terrorist Attacks

Plus: Gambling for record-breaking game-show winnings, the fuss about Allbirds sneakers, Elizabeth Warren’s free-college plan (and idea for how to pay for it), and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 22, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: A City Dominated by a Single Industry of Rich People

San Francisco is now a town built on tech apps. Plus: Joe Biden is running for president, why the Passover and Easter holidays usually don’t overlap, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 19, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Punting on the Obstruction Question

A case for the Mueller report as an impeachment referral. Plus: Georgetown students vote on reparations, the pleasure of repeating activities, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 18, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: When Dead Pigs' Brain-Cell Functions Fly

Scientists restored signs of activity in dead pigs' brains. Plus: The not-so-sound science of dentistry, depression in teen athletes, Beyoncé’s new masterpiece, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 17, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Should 1950 Mark a New Geological Epoch?

The committee that will vote on the Anthropocene era. Plus: Getting to meat-tasting meat without killing animals, affirmative action in medical schools, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 16, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Destroyed in the Social-Media Era

Notre Dame burned as hundreds of people filmed, photographed, and shared the images of flames. Plus: Trump before Trump, raising boys right, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 15, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: A Night at the Museum

The Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the American Museum of Natural History. Plus: What Ivanka Trump wants, Game of Thrones returns, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 12, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: The WikiLeaks Dilemma

Julian Assange is arrested. Plus: Some 900 million voters in India head to the polls, Uber’s billion-dollar losses, what a year in outer space does to the body, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 11, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Stare Into This Black Hole

The first-ever direct image of one of the cosmos’s darkest spots. Plus: Hot people cause stress, why the frenzy over elite-college admissions is misplaced, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 10, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: The Most Popular Song in America

“Old Town Road” is a genre-bending hit with an unusual rise. Plus: the behind-the-scenes companies that may be delaying medications for patients, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 9, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A Tenure Defined by Family Separations

Kirstjen Nielsen failed as a moderating force. Plus: the death of an adjunct professor and academia’s permanent underclass, the fall of Justin Trudeau, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- April 8, 2019