The Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship is less a victory than a reprieve, Adam Serwer argues. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Many Americans assume that if they can afford paid help in older age, they won’t need to rely on kin—but this myth will leave them incredibly unprepared, Stephanie H. Murray argues. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

The latest flu shot is ready for review—but nearly a dozen experts, including former ACIP members and former HHS officials told @KatherineJWu they have never encountered such uncertainty about the basic government process of recommending the vaccines. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Ahead of the midterms, the Democratic base is raring to go—but it’s also demanding a reckoning from its highest ranks that hasn’t come, @elainejgodfrey reports: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Gift Article from The Atlantic archives April 13, 2023: What if ice cream is actually good for you? @davidmjohns reports on the finding that keeps baffling nutrition scientists: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... by

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... When it comes to preventing an outbreak from becoming a pandemic, insisting on the wrong answer to that most central question—How does it spread?—may well be worse than not having an answer at all.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... The poor quality of this putative strategy is a reminder of what happens when unserious people are asked to undertake a serious job. The US always needs experienced national-security officials.

grist.org/accountabili... Since Trump took office, the SEC has made it harder for small & activist investors to raise concerns through the government filing system EDGAR. Now they’re pushing back with their own alternative platform, which they call the Proxy Open Exchange — or POE.

grist.org/drought/this... This snowmelt crisis is having dire impacts on the Colorado River, one of the most crucial water sources in the West, which provides water for 40 million people across 7 states. River flow in some areas on the Colorado had slowed to a trickle last week.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... last week, Chief Justice John Roberts gave a speech where he insisted the justices were not “political actors,” but the court’s last-minute intervention in favor of Alabama violates every norm the court claims to follow.

thehill.com/homenews/587... President Trump said he does not know the contractor who is renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after previously saying he spoke to a man he knew about it.

thehill.com/homenews/sen... Three Republican senators broke with their leadership and voted to advance a Democratic-sponsored resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act to halt the conflict with Iran unless Congress formally authorizes further military action.

“I was born in 1933, and much of what I remember as a little girl was defined by either the war or what we called, simply, sickness,” Fran Moreland Johns writes. “The rejection of science is sending us back to those dark ages,” she argues. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Paul McCartney’s recent performances confront the last frontier of rock and roll: mortality, @davidulin writes. He considers Jim Windolf’s new book, “Where the Music Had to Go,” and the “late style” of rock: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

Gift Article from The Atlantic Archives Feb 13, 2017: Neurogastronomy takes a multidisciplinary approach to food, blending the expertise of scientists, chefs, clinicians, & agriculture professionals. Inborn taste inclinations are not immutable. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

President Trump’s global allies and rivals once viewed his approach to international relations as strategic unpredictability—now it feels more like destabilizing unreliability, officials tell Vivian Salama www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

apnews.com/article/sena... Trump has said the ballroom’s construction would cost $400 million and use private funds, but he had not proposed a number for security costs.

apnews.com/article/open... The widow of a man killed in last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, blaming the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot for giving advice on how to carry out the rampage.

www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/... The letter cited “significant loss of self-control” and “escalating violence that threatens national and global stability.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... Patel has distributed his self-branded bottles while on official business, including during at least 1 FBI event. He has transported the whiskey using a DOJ plane, including when to Milan during the Olympics. One of the bottles was left behind in a locker room.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Canvas, an online service used by as many as 40% of North American colleges, fell victim to a ransomware attack. Canvas has replaced analog systems at almost every college & university, where it is used to run classrooms, manage assignments, & handle grading.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... The NBA has entered a moment of institutional crisis. Commissioner Silver is confronting urgent, headline-grabbing allegations of corrupt ownership & betting scandals & teams intentionally losing games.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... Despite Trump officials’ efforts to impose their values & version of American history on knowledge-making institutions, doing so may not be as simple as they thought, particularly given their slapdash methods that have now been called out by a federal judge.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Doctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands’ most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed suit

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... DOJ is bringing back firing squads & readopting the lethal injection protocol used during the 1st Trump term. DOJ has also rescinded the moratorium on federal executions & authorized seeking death sentences against 44 defendants

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... California’s jet fuel supply has dropped to a level not seen since 2023, as turmoil in the Middle East continues to squeeze the global oil market. Consumers nationwide are beginning to absorb the financial shock from jet fuel supply changes.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ICE is planning a detention facility for children & their families on one of the most PFAS-contaminated sites in the US, which also serves as a hub for the deportation program. PFAS are highly mobile & volatile w/children at more risk because of smaller bodies.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... None of the material released proves the purported conspiracy theories. Gabbard misrepresents once-classified material to setup show trials & shows she will lie & cheat for Trump to stay employed. Nothing she says—in private to Trump or in public—can be trusted.

apnews.com/article/ai-t... Sony built the robotic arm it calls Ace and pitted it against professional athletes. Ace proved a worthy adversary, though one with some non-human attributes: 9 camera eyes positioned around the court and an ability to follow the ball’s logo to measure its spin.

apnews.com/article/us-i... Iran fired on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized 2 of them, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after President Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.

grist.org/energy/utah-... Plug-in solar panels — sometimes called “balcony solar” — allow people to generate electricity by plugging panels directly into a standard outlet and help cut down on utility bills, without the need for expensive rooftop installations.

grist.org/regulation/t... Trump has pushed to intensify timber production, including making it easier to use legal loopholes to fell trees. With the Dept of Agriculture aiming to overturn the roadless rule this year, the debate is shifting from Washington to the last protected forests in the East.

apnews.com/article/dr-o... The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some of their Medicaid providers in a national escalation of anti-fraud efforts that have so far largely focused on specific states.

apnews.com/article/blac... Until now, a black hole’s jet power had to be averaged over tens of thousands of years, the researchers said.

apnews.com/article/blue... Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin blamed a bad engine for a failed weekend launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it. Launches of the huge New Glenn rocket are grounded until Blue Origin and the Federal Aviation Administration complete their investigation.

apnews.com/article/hegs... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the US military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” & religious freedom.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... During a national-security crisis, top advisers decided the commander in chief’s presence was a liability. This incident is only the latest example of how Trump’s aides have been trying to keep him in the dark and build a protective bubble around him.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w... The world economy is slowing nearly everywhere because ~1/5 of the world’s oil & liquid natural gas, along w/vital byproducts, have been held back from the global market since the war started.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Among the most high-profile plaintiffs are Skechers, Revlon, Toyota, Nintendo of America, FedEx and Costco.