Saahil Desai

Saahil Desai is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he covers politics and policy.

The Atlantic Daily: The ‘American Taliban’ is Leaving Prison. Now What?

Just as the the U.S. is talking peace with the Taliban. Plus: who’s afraid of impeachment, office temperatures are too damn low, the lonely dining table, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 22, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: How the Huawei Drama Benefits American Tech

But what about China? Plus: the 2020 candidate with the most actualized policies so far, and waiting for George R. R. Martin to conclude The Game of Thrones.
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 21, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Oh, the Places You’ll Go

When paying off $40 million in tuition debt for these graduating seniors still only does so much. Plus: how this space object ended up with a dark nickname, abortions or adoptions, and more
- Shan Wang and Saahil Desai
- May 20, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A March to War, or Business as Usual

Both the U.S. and Iran are sending confusing signals. Plus: states move on Roe v. Wade, eyes on Greenland, the American obsession with serial-killer lore, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 15, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Moon Money, Moon Problems

Trump asks for $1.6 billion for NASA to get astronauts back on the moon by 2024. Plus: the rise of long distance, why American breakfast foods are boring, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 14, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: When China Strikes Back

1, 2, 3, 4, he declared a trade war. Plus: Huawei’s new Europe-inspired corporate campus, and a food revolution has transformed our eating habits—just not for the better.
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 13, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A Risky Business

Uber pitches its vision to Wall Street. Plus: who—or what—is responsible for funding K-12 schools, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s war on intellect, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 10, 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Should One Platform Have All That Power?

Plus: You may have nothing to hide—but you should care about internet privacy, what astronauts do for fun in space, the real damage of pretend active-shooter drills, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 9, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: A Little-Known (Yet Popular) Climate Policy

Renewables standards rise; carbon-tax proposals fall. Plus: when the House can arrest AG William Barr, pitting religious freedom against abortion rights, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 8, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Show Me the Money

What could be revealed in the president’s tax returns? Plus: Laws against fertility doctors using their own sperm, ‘Game of Thrones’ explores electability, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 7, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Seventh in Line to the Throne

We’ll never be royals—but Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new baby? Plus: the incredible life of the ‘goddess of good sex,’ cancer fakers online, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 6, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Russian Noninterference

Was Friday’s Trump-Putin call Helsinki all over again? Plus: Jay Inslee’s 100-100-100 plan, the optimal number of children parents should have, Tuca & Bertie, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 3, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Facebook and Instagram Crack Down on (Some) Extremists

Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan were among those banned. Plus: The “5GE” on your phone is definitely not 5G, using air conditioning to help combat climate change, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 2, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Why Does William Barr Want This Job?

Plus: Mayor Pete is working remotely, what a fossilized jawbone might reveal about ancient human history, the decline of cheating in Millennial marriages, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- May 1, 2019
Reuters

The Atlantic Daily: Line of Succession

Maduro vs. Guaidó in Venezuela. Plus: Emperor Akihito abdicates the throne in Japan, where conservatives and liberals differ on what they consider “fair,” and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 30, 2019
Reuters

The Atlantic Daily: The Most Wanted Man in the World

The ISIS leader Bakr al-Baghdadi makes his first public speech since 2014. Plus: the other Notre-Dame that was never rebuilt, unexplained aerial phenomena, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 29, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: Seeds of Doubt That Help a Disease Spread

Measles was supposedly eradicated in the U.S. two decades ago. Plus: Trump loves the NRA and the NRA loves him back, hate-listening to Taylor Swift’s newest song, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 26, 2019
Reuters

The Atlantic Daily: Biden's in for 2020. But in 2016, Obama Talked Him Out of It.

Is America too fractured for jokes? Plus: earthquakes—or marsquakes, rather—on the Red Planet, a warning about aquariums, the long history of the anti-vax movement, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 25, 2019
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The Atlantic Daily: ISIS’s Newest Recruiting Tool

The organization claimed the Sri Lanka bombings in English and Arabic—and also Tamil and Malayalam. Plus: When (and how) animal diversity exploded on earth, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 24, 2019
Reuters

The Atlantic Daily: Enough to Fill 16 Trillion Bathtubs

Greenland’s ice is melting alarmingly fast. Plus: A Trump transition staffer argues for impeachment, a year in prison for the death of an endangered fish, and more
- Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
- Apr 23, 2019