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The Atlantic Daily: The Shaky Road Ahead for the 2020 Census

The 2020 census “citizenship question” could face a Supreme Court challenge. Plus Trump’s policy advisors, unfounded speculation of a Facebook conspiracy, and more

• Saahil Desai and Shan Wang
• 7:15 PM ET

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Date of the Union

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked that President Donald Trump postpone his State of the Union address until the government is reopened.

• Elaine Godfrey
• 6:10 PM ET

Millennials Stare Into the Void, and Gillette Stares Back

Can marketers rebrand capitalism for young Americans?

• Amanda Mull
• 5:26 PM ET

The Deadliest Day for the U.S. in Syria

Trump says ISIS is defeated, but an Islamic State attack in Syria on Wednesday killed four Americans.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• 4:51 PM ET

Nancy Pelosi’s Power Move on the State of the Union

President Trump might be able to keep the government closed indefinitely. But the new Democratic speaker can deny him use of the country’s most effective pulpit to make his case to the public.

• Russell Berman
• 4:50 PM ET

The Citizenship Question Isn’t Quite Dead Yet

A federal judge held that the Trump administration’s desired change to the census violates the law, but the Supreme Court could review the decision.

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• 3:44 PM ET

Go Ahead, Post the Stupid Photo of Yourself From 10 Years Ago

Critics have raised fears that the pictures could be used for corporate surveillance, but this is a molehill on the mountain.

• Alexis C. Madrigal
• 3:30 PM ET

Theresa May Lives to Fight Another Day. But for What?

The British prime minister narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, but no one knows what comes next for the U.K.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• 3:25 PM ET

Trump's Chief Shutdown Negotiator Is Unknown to Most Americans

Shahira Knight is one of the most important policy staffers in the White House. The shutdown is proving to be her greatest challenge yet.

• Elaina Plott
• 3:14 PM ET

Facebook Users Still Don’t Know How Facebook Works

Not even its core business practices

• Alexis C. Madrigal
• 1:20 PM ET

Why Would Bill Barr Even Want to Be Attorney General?

The veteran lawyer, who celebrates the rule of law and counts Robert Mueller as a friend, is a strange fit for Trump’s chief law-enforcement officer.

• David A. Graham
• 1:07 PM ET

Letters: More Unthinkable Moments

Readers share what they would add to The Atlantic’s list of moments that define an improbable presidency.

• 1:04 PM ET

Barr May Do Exactly What Trump Wants

The nominee for attorney general vowed independence, but his answers raised disturbing questions.

• Adam Serwer
• 12:25 PM ET

‘Intensive’ Parenting Is Now the Norm in America

The style of child-rearing that most aspire to takes a lot of time and money, and many families can’t pull it off.

• Joe Pinsker
• 12:00 PM ET

The Joyce Carol Oates Story That Shares DNA With 'Cat Person’

What the debut writer Kristen Roupenian learned from a masterful tale that dramatizes the horrors of being a young woman

• Joe Fassler
• 11:13 AM ET

The Lessons, and the Costs, of Terrorism in Kenya

Kenya’s security apparatus responded more quickly to Tuesday’s attack in Nairobi than to past attacks, but 14 people still died.

• Tristan McConnell
• 10:42 AM ET

What It’s Like Making Your First Film After 18 Years in ‘Movie Jail’

Mimi Leder, best known as one of the great TV directors, talks about her new Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic and why it took so long to return to the big screen.

• David Sims
• 9:50 AM ET

It Used to Be Okay for Parents to Play Favorites

The idea that you’re supposed to treat your children equally is recent, and it’s still not the norm in much of the world.

• Jennifer Traig
• 9:00 AM ET

How to Tell an Open Secret

Three recent novels demonstrate how fiction can deftly capture the long-term effects of sexual assault and harassment.

• Rosa Inocencio Smith
• 8:00 AM ET

What Might Animals Look Like Thousands of Years From Now?

A new pop-up book imagines how Chicago’s ecosystem might evolve in a world with fewer humans.

• Michelle Nijhuis
• 8:00 AM ET

Don’t Blame the Government Shutdown for SpaceX Delays

The impasse in Washington hasn’t yet threatened a significant milestone in the American space program.

• Marina Koren
• 7:12 AM ET

There’s a Way for Democrats to Sue Trump—Thanks to the Republicans

A lawsuit to block the border wall could go the route the House GOP took in 2014 to challenge Obamacare.

• Emma Green
• 7:00 AM ET

What People Actually Say Before They Die

Insights into the little-studied realm of last words

• Michael Erard
• 7:00 AM ET

How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend

The story of Dr. Rapp

• Jeff Maysh
• 7:00 AM ET

Nancy Pelosi Is Winning

She beat George W. Bush on Social Security privatization, and she’ll beat Trump on the wall.

• Peter Beinart
• 6:30 AM ET

Trump’s Democratic Critics Are in Danger of Following His Lead

They need to do more than reject his foreign-policy rhetoric—they need to break with its substance.

• Dennis Ross
• 6:00 AM ET

The Shutdown Is Doing Lasting Damage to National Security

With every passing day, America’s defenses are weakening.

• Carrie Cordero and Joshua A. Geltzer
• 6:00 AM ET

The Attention Economy Is a Malthusian Trap

Big tech companies now trade at one of the smallest premiums in history.

• Derek Thompson
• 6:00 AM ET