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The President vs. the Pope
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Many people get the Sunday scaries, but most of them are not a sitting president facing self-inflicted global chaos…
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Swalwell faces bipartisan push to expel him from the House
WASHINGTON — The sexual assault allegations that toppled Rep. Eric Swalwell’s bid for California governor are now threatening to end his congressional career with lawmakers from both parties saying they would back a vote to expel him from the House. Swalwell dropped out of the California gubernatorial primary Sunday night after accusations of sexual assault and misconduct…
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Trump family deal spree could open door for future presidents to profit from office
NEW YORK — For decades, presidents avoided even the appearance of profiting from their office. Harry Truman refused to lend his name to any business, even in retirement. Richard Nixon so feared a brother might profit off their ties, he had his phone tapped. And George W. Bush dumped his individual stock holdings before taking office. President…
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White House immediately mocked for praising Trump’s ‘brilliant’ move: ‘Certainly is not!’
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a glowing report Monday about President Donald Trump’s decision to enact a U.S. Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which called the decision “brilliant” – and immediately drew widespread ridicule from critics. “President Trump brilliantly calls Iran’s bluff – with his own Strait of Hormuz blockade,” Leavitt…
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Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner wrote note to 7-year-old victim Athena Strand’s family: ‘She didn’t deserve it’
Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner once wrote a groveling letter to the family of his 7-year-old victim, Athena Strand, in which he apologized for taking away their “little angel” and begged for forgiveness for his heinous crime. The twisted 34-year-old penned the note just before he tried to take his own life in 2023 while already…
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Katy Perry denies Ruby Rose’s sexual assault allegations
Katy Perry has denied Ruby Rose’s accusations that the singer sexually assaulted her two decades ago. The “Orange Is the New Black” actress, 40, claimed in a series of Threads posts on Sunday that the alleged incident occurred at a nightclub in Melbourne, Australia when she was in her 20s. “Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice…
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Viktor Orbán’s Loss Was Also a Defeat for MAGA
Viktor Orbán’s loss in yesterday’s election is just as much a defeat for Donald Trump and his vice president, J. D. Vance, as it is for the now-toppled Hungarian strongman. Seldom have American leaders intervened so overtly in a foreign election, and seldom has their preferred candidate fared so badly. Trump has a way of…
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Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful Eye
Even for an executive long known by employees as the “Eye of Sauron,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking the concept of micromanagement to its final form, the Financial Times reports, by using AI to develop a “photorealistic, AI-powered 3D” version of himself to converse with and offer feedback to employees. The dystopian effort is…
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Bacteria, chemicals and trash runoff could make SoCal beaches a hazard after rain, officials warn
The Los Angeles County Public Health Department is warning beachgoers to avoid all contact with the water due to the potential of bacteria from street runoff from recent rains. The advisory is in place until 8 a.m. Tuesday and may be extended if it rains more, the health department said in a news release. Such…
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Trump’s bizarre cover story for ‘blasphemous’ meme bewilders: ‘Invoke the 25th Amendment’
President Donald Trump failed to persuade critics with his explanation for a post depicting himself as a Christlike figure healing a bedridden man. The 79-year-old president has already deleted the post, which went up Sunday as he raged online against Pope Leo XIV, but he insisted Monday afternoon at the White House that the image…