Month: July 2024

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...

Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, has dismissed the criminal charges against the former president. On the merits, her...

For the past several years, American politics have heated to a rolling boil. Members of Congress have been shot, an...

Shelley Duvall always seemed to be putting on a show. Consider her role as a tour guide named Suzanne in...

J. D. Vance’s rapid rise from obscurity to the vice-presidential nomination is an only-in-America tale—one that will shape what America...

For a child of the 1980s—like myself—the deaths of Ruth Westheimer and Richard Simmons over the past few days have...

For a long time, scientists have hypothesized that exposure to lead causes a measurable drop in IQ. I am beginning...

Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in Florida, has dismissed the case against former President Donald Trump involving hoarding sensitive documents...

After the wounding of Donald Trump, funeral orations for our democracy appeared everywhere on social media. I feel the gravitational...

The key to an effective presidential speech is saying the right thing at the right moment. By that standard, President...