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The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
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. Walk into any Silicon Valley office in the late 2010s, and you’d probably see at least one pair of
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Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a social media post, Trump described Schwartz as “incredibly talented” and said, “She is a STAR!” The Atlanta-based CDC, which is charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats,
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GOP governor kneecaps MAGA candidate’s bogus attacks on Dem opponent
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) kneecapped a key political attack Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy is making in his advertisements against the Democratic candidate, former state public health official Dr. Amy Acton. According to NBC4, Ramaswamy “and his running mate, state Senate President Rob McColley, sponsored an ad that claims, ‘Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at
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Why ‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin Tackled Millennial vs. Gen Z Conflict in Season 2
As soon as Lee Sung Jin won his Emmys for “Beef,” whispers about what a potential second installment could be circled around, but, internally, Lee was full of nerves without an official Season 2 pickup from Netflix. “I was sort of pitching wildly to Netflix all sorts of directions, and they kept saying ‘no,’” Lee
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Hochul eyes union-pleasing pension boost that could saddle cash-strapped NYC with $328M bill
Gov. Kathy Hochul is negotiating a $1.5 billion union-pleasing scheme to fatten government workers’ pensions — and it could cost the cash-strapped Big Apple a staggering $328 million. The stunning figure would consume more than half of the revenue the governor claims that Mayor Zohran Mamdani and city would gain from her proposed pied-a-terre tax
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President Donald Trump had a secret meeting with MSG owner James Dolan about fraught Penn Station make-over plans
Next stop: Trump Station! We hear that President Trump held a secret meeting with Madison Square Garden boss James Dolan last week about the plans for Penn Station — and pushed for his own name to be slapped on the 34th Street hub. A spokesperson for Dolan did not comment. President Donald Trump held a secret meeting
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Former Alabama player accused of posing as NFL pros — with wigs and makeup — in fraud scheme
A member of Alabama’s 2009 national championship team has been accused of impersonating NFL players as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $20 million in loans to purchase real estate, vehicles and jewelry. Luther Davis, a Crimson Tide defensive lineman from 2007-10, faces felony counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated
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Fuming Trump melts down at judge who blocked his ballroom
President Donald Trump fumed at a federal judge on Thursday who blocked him from being able to build his signature ballroom. Judge Richard Leon, senior judge of the federal court in the District of Columbia, ruled on Thursday that all above-ground construction for the ballroom had to stop, but construction on a planned underground bunker
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New ‘Toy Story 5’ Footage Features Bonnie Meeting New Villain Lilypad
Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” is just around the corner. And Disney has just shown off brand-new footage at CinemaCon, which gives us a better look at the new villain Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee), with the footage introduced by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The footage features Bonnie getting her Lilypad, a kids’ tablet computer
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Striking before-and-after images show extent of California’s snow drought
As California experiences its second-worst snow drought in 50 years, new images show a stark comparison with last year’s snow levels. This year, the Sierra snowpack peaked on Feb. 25. It was only 73% of average, then rapidly dwindled from there. Then, summerlike heat in March broke monthly records in many areas of the Western