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The Atlantic Daily: There Was a Path

House Democrats speak out against a move toward deporting certain Vietnamese immigrants. Plus an eighth person pleads guilty in the Russia investigation, the decline of liberal arts, Janet Jackson honored, and more

• Haley Weiss and Shan Wang
• 6:38 PM ET

Maria Butina’s Defiant Plea and Yet Another Russian Ploy

The onetime graduate student admits to being a foreign agent who sought to establish back channels to Republicans through the NRA.

• Natasha Bertrand
• 6:30 PM ET

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: I, Spy

Maria Butina, an alleged Russian spy, pleaded guilty to engaging in an effort to influence U.S. conservatives before and after the 2016 presidential election.

• Olivia Paschal, Elaine Godfrey, and Madeleine Carlisle
• 6:02 PM ET

Africa Is the New Front in the U.S.-China Influence War

Trump’s national-security adviser unveiled a new strategy designed to counter Beijing’s growing influence on the continent.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• 4:51 PM ET

The Senate Thinks It Can Change the U.S.-Saudi Relationship

In a historic rebuke of the Trump administration’s Saudi policy, Senators voted to end U.S. support for the Yemen war, then unanimously held Saudi Arabia’s crown prince responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• 3:54 PM ET

The Gods That Will Fail

If voters are freighting politics with religious significance, we need to drain it of the expectation of transcendence.

• Graeme Wood
• 1:12 PM ET

The Bigger Failure Exposed by Jazmine Headley’s Arrest

Why were police officers called to the scene in the first place?

• Conor Friedersdorf
• 12:52 PM ET

Democrats Challenge Trump Over Vietnam Deportations

Members of the House of Representatives are raising concerns over the White House’s reinterpretation of a decade-old deal with Vietnam.

• Krishnadev Calamur and Charles Dunst
• 12:37 PM ET

What Dumplin’ and Queen America Say About Female Beauty

A new crop of works uses pageants to explore outdated ideals of physical perfection.

• Sophie Gilbert
• 12:16 PM ET

What Happens When You’re Convinced You Have Bad Genes

DNA tests can have a placebo effect.

• Sarah Zhang
• 12:00 PM ET

Janet Jackson’s Overdue Inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The pop idol is part of a refreshingly forward-thinking class that includes Radiohead, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, and Def Leppard.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• 11:57 AM ET

Letters: ‘The Issue Goes Beyond CRISPR’

Readers weigh in on the ethical and biological dangers of human-genome editing.

• 11:40 AM ET

The Viruses That Eavesdrop on Their Hosts

By listening to signals exchanged by the bacteria they target, they can bide their time until they have enough fresh targets to infect.

• Ed Yong
• 11:00 AM ET

The Joy of No-Gift Christmas

Many families who opt out of buying stuff are coming up with creative alternatives and new traditions.

• Joe Pinsker
• 9:30 AM ET

Meet the Safecracker of Last Resort

Charlie Santore sees Los Angeles from the inside, by breaking into safes whose owners can no longer unlock them.

• Geoff Manaugh
• 9:00 AM ET

The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century

Wisconsin built a public higher-education system that was admired around the world. But it may not withstand a tech-hungry economy.

• Adam Harris
• 7:00 AM ET

Trump Is Running Out of Alibis

The president has few innocent explanations left for what looks like a conspiracy to violate campaign-finance laws.

• Adam Serwer
• 6:00 AM ET

What Will 2020 Democrats Do When Crowds Chant ‘Lock Him Up’?

President Trump’s potential criminal liability could add extraordinary volatility to the 2020 presidential campaign.

• Ronald Brownstein
• 6:00 AM ET

America Needs to Restore Dignity of Work

The American dream is about the opportunity to earn happiness—and the government has a responsibility to facilitate that.

• Marco Rubio
• 6:00 AM ET

If Beale Street Could Talk Is a Seismic Cinematic Achievement

Barry Jenkins’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Moonlight beautifully and painfully captures the many contradictions of James Baldwin’s novel.

• David Sims
• 6:00 AM ET

The Divide Between Silicon Valley and Washington Is a National-Security Threat

Closing the gap between technology leaders and policy makers will require a radically different approach from the defense establishment.

• Amy Zegart and Kevin Childs
• 6:00 AM ET

A Doctor Allegedly Whispered to His Patient That She Looked Like a ‘Sexy Librarian’

In California, only a fraction of sexual-harassment complaints filed against doctors lead to any punishment. Did the #MeToo movement miss medicine?

• Barbara Feder Ostrov, Harriet Blair Rowan, and Kaiser Health News
• 5:00 AM ET

The Atlantic Daily: When Vietnam War Refugees Are Vulnerable to Deportation

The White House’s hard line on certain protected immigrants. Plus three years for Michael Cohen, a potential do-over vote in North Carolina, and more

• Shan Wang
• Dec 12, 2018

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Incohencerated

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison.

• Elaine Godfrey and Madeleine Carlisle
• Dec 12, 2018

Theresa May Isn’t Going Down Without a Fight

Even as the British premier struggles to push her Brexit plan through Parliament, she proved she still has remarkable staying power.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• Dec 12, 2018