The Trump admin is cutting lifesaving aid to seven African countries because it says “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests.” More than 6 million people in those countries are facing extreme or catastrophic conditions, per the UN. buff.ly/in8hczH

@radiofreetom.bsky.social on how the GOP became a haven for Nazi slogans and ideas. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“None of the American athletes speaking up right now is violating the rules. But nevertheless, they’re being asked to account for what’s happening in this country. It’s not their fault that they can’t explain or defend it.” A smart piece from @jemelehill.bsky.social

"The former Prince Andrew acted as he did because he lived in a world in which someone like him never faced consequences. That isn’t true anymore." The always-great Helen Lewis on the arrest of the former Prince Andrew. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

No, the SAVE Act won’t solve rampant noncitizen voting—because it’s not a problem in the first place. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

This paragraph, from Robert Worth's amazing profile of Bashar al-Assad, is crazy in like seven different ways. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The James Talarico interview that Colbert says CBS wouldn’t broadcast now has almost 8M views on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

“Crackdowns on speech by prominent figures pave a way for the government to regulate speech more broadly, which should be concerning for people of any political leaning because the party and people in power can change.”

For an agency charged with defending the country, this line is particularly troubling: “The issue was not that Butler was incompetent in his job; quite the opposite.” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

American kids used to be much more adventurous eaters. A young Edith Wharton liked turtle soup and oyster sauce. Mark Twain ate squirrels and rabbits. Fascinating article from @olgakhazan.bsky.social on what changed.

“The last time Trump’s numbers looked this bad was right after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.”

This is essential reading for any parent.

"As kids reach high school, the discrepancy in how much time dads spend with their sons versus their daughters balloons. The 2012 study found that by age 17, girls were averaging less than 30 minutes a week one-on-one with their dad, while boys got more than an hour."

Some terrific art that sums up the Democratic Party today. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"For roughly eight years, you will believe that your family made it through this crisis without suffering a tragedy ... But years later, when your baby is in fourth grade, he will begin struggling with subjects he had once mastered." A heartbreaking piece by Elizabeth Bruenig.

If there is interference in the midterms, it's more likely to look like this than FBI agents seizing voting machines. Via Stephen Richer, the former recorder of Maricopa County. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

One of several incredible quotes in this @markleibovich.bsky.social story on the state of the Democratic party. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

A good day to revisit this piece on Pam Bondi. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“After initially calling the concept a 'hoax,' the president has begun unveiling his own agenda to bring down prices ... Somewhat astoundingly, each of his proposals, if enacted, would be more likely to make the affordability problem worse, not better.” buff.ly/i3xh6KR

A blistering critique of Trump's foreign policy from John Bolton. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This quote, from a 17-year-old whose great-great-great-grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, is heartbreaking. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

@radiofreetom.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth cutting ties between the Pentagon and Harvard. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

State election officials are so alarmed by what the feds are doing that some worry they're trying to rig the midterms. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Incredible. One of the reasons Bashar al-Assad didn’t see his downfall coming is because he was busy playing Candy Crush. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

"ICE’s recruitment efforts appear to deliberately echo white-nationalist rhetoric—bringing in a wave of new agents who are more inspired by MAGA ideology than by the virtues of public service.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“The ‘disease in American politics that is pushing us all into the mud is that you do not actually have to solve the problem,’ @andrew-yang.bsky.social told me. Politicians are playing ‘you lose, I lose,’ in which the parties take turns screwing up and returning to power." buff.ly/1kn0l8S

Wow. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

. @adamserwer.bsky.social on ICE agents wearing masks. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Colleges should keep assigning books! Even if fewer and fewer students are reading them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

On this day, in 1862, Julie Ward Howe published The Battle Hymn of the Republic with us in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“My son could have built the future of this country, this regime is just killing kids who are asking for freedom.” This story about the murder if the youth in Iran is heartbreaking. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

"Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform," an essay by Bill McRaven, the man who designed the bin Laden raid. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump's ballroom may be in peril. This is how the judge responded when government lawyers likened it to building a pool without congressional approval. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A line from Sophie Gilbert's review of the new Melania movie. "Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Just an astonishing lede in this @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social story. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This is a remarkable piece by @hillaryclinton.bsky.social on Trump, Christianity, and the importance of empathy: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"One of the more tiresome qualities of this Department of Defense is the insecurity that causes it to denigrate everything that passed before." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"For people watching from outside Minnesota, the governor said, 'it’s worse than you think.'" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

"If we are not as safe from state violence as we thought we were, then the very foundations of the country seem shaky, and we may be witnessing a breakdown of the American idea.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“[Trump] spent his first year acting as though the 2024 election were the last time he would ever have to give a thought to public opinion. Now the myth that Trump is invincible has been exploded.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

An incisive analysis about how we got here, by George Packer. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

An extraordinary paragraph. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

From @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"What they discovered in the frozen North was something different: a real resistance, broad and organized and overwhelmingly nonviolent, the kind of movement that emerges only under sustained attacks by an oppressive state." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Bovino’s sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics after the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents under Bovino’s command." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Each sentence in this graph is more alarming than the last. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This Robert Worth story on Minneapolis is essential in every way. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“This appears to be what happens when someone who has spent years fighting mainstream medicine suddenly finds himself at the center of it. Like a revolutionary turned generalissimo, Kennedy has transformed the former palace into a military command center.” www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...