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Most ideas for how to lower grocery prices would hardly make a dent in the issue—but a new think tank is proposing a solution that might, Rogé Karma writes. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Trump has been hosting rallies nationwide, while his super PAC is pumping millions into midterm races. On Radio Atlantic, @AshleyRParker and @michaelscherer break down both parties’ closing messages and what’s behind this final spending blitz. Watch more: theatlantic.com/podcasts/202…
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Trump's anti-Muslim remarks about Abdul El-Sayed at a recent rally in Michigan are astonishing—even by recent standards, @GrahamDavidA argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he explores the damage of the president's bigotry: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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One of the oldest tricks in politics is making its way into the Michigan U.S. Senate contest, @davidfrum argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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As drones fill the sky over the battlegrounds in the war between Russia and Ukraine, a new front has emerged: a network of gas pipelines deep belowground, @shustry reports. Read more: theatln.tc/dcvrsC4d Photos and videos: Sasha Maslov
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“The internet isn’t what we think. It is physical, subject to the vagaries of nature and time, just as our bodies are,” John West writes. We must pay attention to the data and infrastructure that the cloud cloaks, he argues: theatlantic.com/technology/2…
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“It wasn’t attempting highbrow elegance but, rather, embracing a kind of madcap largesse, like a zany aunt who wears a lot of bracelets,” @elainejgodfrey writes. She defends the Cheesecake Factory’s place in American society: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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NEW @TheAtlantic The government is giving $1,000 to U.S. babies through Trump Accounts, but its association with the president is enough for some parents to say no to free money, @ToluseO writes: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now the votes of many Latinos are in flux, @NickMiroff reports. He spoke with men in the electorally crucial area about their frustrations and the region’s likely political realignment theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Have you read @Tyrangiel's latest cover story yet? Because you really should: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now the votes of many Latinos are in flux, @NickMiroff reports. He spoke with men in the electorally crucial area about their frustrations and the region’s likely political realignment theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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"Netanyahu’s statements have been, as George W. Bush said after Donald Trump’s 'American carnage' speech, 'some weird shit.'" Read @gcaw on tomorrow's Israeli election: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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The restaurant is not attempting highbrow elegance but, rather, embracing a kind of madcap largesse, like a zany aunt who wears a lot of bracelets. Inside the Cheesecake Factory, everyone always seems to be laughing. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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The government is giving $1,000 to U.S. babies through Trump Accounts, but its association with the president is enough for some parents to say no to free money, @ToluseO writes: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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"Saddam might have been a happier, more reasonable dictator if he’d had a Cheesecake Factory nearby." This @elainejgodfrey Cheesecake Factory dispatch is, well, delicious: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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The Classic Learning Test is trying to replace the SAT and ACT, @rosehorowitch writes. She reports on why red states are adopting the CLT at an astonishing rate—and why the test may be lowering standards for students: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Bird flu has devastated not just birds but wide swaths of the animal kingdom. But as far as humans are concerned, sick mink might be the most concerning, @yeahyeahyasmin wrote in 2023: theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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In “The Permanent Questions,” @DavidBrooks224 is joined by the religious historian Carlos Eire to discuss his experience as a refugee in the U.S., what it means to believe in miracles, and the concept of radical empathy. theatlantic.com/podcasts/202…
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