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How Big Is the American Dream House?
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. “When I was nine or ten and lived in a dark fourth-floor apartment in a building that had seen better days, I fantasized mansions that were more suited to my romantic nature,” Linda Lewis wrote
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MAGA Is Confused About ‘Animal Farm’
If you read George Orwell’s classic political satire Animal Farm in seventh grade, you probably remember the basic contours of the plot: fed up with human rule, a group of well-intentioned barnyard animals set up their own egalitarian society, with disastrous results. Published in 1945, Animal Farm has a timeless (and, certainly, contemporarily relevant) message:
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Hegseth clashes for a second day with Democrats in Congress over the Iran war
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy. In his opening statements for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Hegseth called Democratic lawmakers “reckless naysayers” and “defeatists
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Trump favorite’s sudden demotion fuels White House gossip mill
A top aide of Donald Trump has been mysteriously demoted after a meteoric rise through the administration’s ranks. Josh Gruenbaum, 40, will now only work for Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report by Politico. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told the outlet that Gruenbaum “will continue to advance the President’s agenda of enhancing
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How Peter Gold’s WG Pictures Hit a $33K Per-Screen Average Without Spending a Dollar on Ads
Peter Gold’s debut as a film distributor hit a $33,138 per-theater average when “Our Hero Balthazar” opened March 27 on one screen at the Regal Union Square in New York — enough to top the specialty box office in its first week. The 26-year-old co-founder of WG Pictures nabbed the highest per-theater average in the
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Teddi Mellencamp bravely showcases brain surgery scars as she battles stage 4 cancer: ‘Sick of the wigs’
Teddi Mellencamp bravely showcased her brain surgery scars as she continues to battle stage 4 cancer. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum posted a picture of her shaved head via Instagram Thursday, revealing the surgery scars from her emergency brain surgery last year. Also in the carousel, she posted a snap of her signature long,
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The CDC’s New Messaging May Be Damaging Trust in Vaccines, Study Says
—Witthaya Prasongsin—Getty Images Vaccines have long been considered by experts to be among the most studied medical interventions, and on the whole, Americans are still broadly supportive of them. But during President Donald Trump’s second term, the agency that makes recommendations about vaccines—the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—has, without new scientific evidence,
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Child Care Is Buckling
At an Easter luncheon at the White House earlier this month, Donald Trump said to his guests that it is “not possible” for the federal government to “take care of day care” (or Medicaid, or Medicare), because “we’re fighting wars,” “we’re a big country,” and “we have all these other people.” Instead, he contended, such
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Trump pulls nomination for stalled surgeon general nominee Means and says he’ll put forth Saphier
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he’s nominating Fox News Channel contributor Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Casey Means’ path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines. In a social media post Thursday, the Republican president said Saphier is “a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women
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‘It’s nuts’: Joe Rogan blames Trump if ‘Iran nukes New York City’
Podcaster Joe Rogan expressed the view that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran would be to blame if a nuclear weapon were used on New York City. During a discussion with comedian Ari Shaffir on Thursday, Rogan lamented Israel’s bombardment of Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. “They’ve destroyed Gaza,” he explained. “Gaza’s just a